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APA Reference Guide: Tables

APA Reference Guide 7th Edition to correctly acknowledge sources of information in your work and assessments

Tables

Tables

Tables

Referencing tables (examples are in blue)
 

  A caption is required above a table, and includes the word Table in bold with a capital letter and a number (from 1, in numerical order) followed by a full stop (eg: Table 1), as well as a brief title on the following line

  An in-text citation is required below the table, and includes: Source: (Author or Creator, Year)

Format Reference List In-Text Citation
Table from a website

Author Surname, Initial or Creator. (Year, Month Date). Title of image. http://www.xxxxx

 

Hussain, I. (2015, June 2). Types of online health information sources used by teens. https://www.imedicalapps.com/2015/06/social-media-health-google/

Above table add Table X and a brief description

Below table:

If necessary, add notes or further explanations starting with 

Note:

and then followed by

Source: (Author Surname or Creator, Year)
 

Example:

Table 1.
Types of online health information sources used by teens.

Note: participants located in New York, US. Source: (Hussain, 2015)

Table from a journal article

Author Surname. (Year). Title of entry. Title of Journal, volume number(issue number), page numbers of the whole article. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/xxxx or URL
 

Du, J. T., & Haines, J. (2017). Indigenous Australians' information behaviour and internet use in everyday life: An exploratory study. Information Research, 22(1). http://informationr.net/ir/22-1/paper737.html

 

If the journal article does not have page numbers, leave this out.

Above table add Table X and a brief description

Below table add in-text citation:
Source: (Author Surname or Creator, Year, section of journal article.

 

Example:

Table 2.
Information needs of indigenous people



Source: (Du & Haines, 2017, Results & discussion section).

Table from a book 

Author Surname. (Year). Title of book. Publisher. 

Barrow, C. (2012). Business plans for small businesses. Crimson Publishing.
 

Note: for eBook - add DOI or http://www.xxxxx after publisher (if applicable)


 

Above table add Table X and a brief description

Below table add:
Reprinted from Title of Book (page number), by Author Initial, Surname, Year, Publisher. Copyright Year by the Name of Copyright Holder.

Example:

Table 3.

Routes to market for small businesses.

Note: Reprinted from Business Plans for Small Businesses (p. 118) by C. Barrow, 2012, Crimson Publishing Ltd. Copyright 2012 by Crimson Publishing.