Resources for the 7th Edition (2020) formatting rules for APA citations:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Edition) by Newspaper and Magazine Articles:
Format:
Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Name of Newspaper or Magazine. URL
Examples:
Joseph, Y. (2018, August 11). Amid Europe’s heat wave, rare flamingos lay first eggs in 15 years. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/world/europe/uk-flamingos-eggs-heat-wave.html
Bolakhe, S. (2022, January 28). Lego robot with an organic 'brain' learns to navigate a maze. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/lego-robot-with-an-organic-brain-learns-to-navigate-a-maze/
Journal Articles:
Format:
Author Last Name, First Initial. (Year, Month Day). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(Issue), Pages. DOI or URL
Example:
Janke, B., Finlay, J., & Hobbie, S. (2017, July 30). Trees and streets as drivers of urban stormwater nutrient pollution. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(17), 9569-9579. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b02225
Webpages:
Format:
Author.* (Year, Month Day).** Title of the webpage. Website name. URL
*If no author is listed, use the organization as the author.
**If no date is listed, use (n.d.) in place of the date.
Examples:
Silverberg, D. (2020, March 24). Could synthetic fish be a better catch of the day? BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51657573
Natural Resources Defense Council. (2017). Protect waterways from power plants. https://www.nrdc.org/issues/protect-waterways-power-plants
White paper with a group author:
Format:
Name of Department. (date). Title of report [White paper]. Name of Institution. URL
Example:
Department for Business Innovation & Skills. (2016). Success as a knowledge economy: Teaching excellent, social mobility and student choice [White paper]. Crown. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/523396/bis-16-265-success-as-a-knowledge-economy.pdf
White paper with an individual author:
Format:
Author Last Name, First Initial. (date). Title of report [White paper]. Name of Institution. URL
Example:
Furst, M., & DeMillo, R. A. (2006). Creating symphonic-thinking computer science graduates for an increasingly competitive global environment [White paper]. Georgia Tech College of Computing. https://cis.temple.edu/~giorgio/threads_whitepaper.pdf