Citation to APA 7th edition

Welcome Josanne,

We have wait for Faithlife to do that. Your post may serve as a reminder!

I don’t use APA, but are there differences that apply?

SineNomine said:

There are.

Thanks SineNomine! [:)]

SineNomine said:

in-text citations

From my understanding, this is the only one which would apply to Logos. Is that right? 

Website Linked Above said:

Regardless of the medium of the source, all sources with three authors or more are now attributed using the name of the first author followed by “et al.”

• The only exception to this occurs when doing so would create ambiguity (e.g., if two papers have first-listed authors with the same name). In these cases, list as many names as needed to differentiate the papers, followed by “et al.”

If these were changed to always have "et. al." after the first author, the user would need to know (s)he would need to manually adjust if more than one resource were used with that author, right? 

SineNomine said:

bibliographical entries.

Is this what you mean? I don't use APA, and have no idea what a "reference list" is.

Website Linked Above said:

Reference list entries are handled largely the same in the seventh edition as they are in the sixth edition, barring a few important changes. Most pertain to electronic sources.

• In the seventh edition, up to 20 authors should now be included in a reference list entry. For sources with more than 20 authors, after the 19th listed author, any additional authors' names are replaced with an ellipsis (…) followed by the final listed author's name. Do not place an ampersand before the final author's name.
• Digital object identifiers (DOIs) and URLs are now both presented as hyperlinks for electronic sources.
• The label “DOI:” is no longer used for entries that include a DOI.
• The words “Retrieved from” (preceding the URL or DOI) are now only used when a retrieval date is also provided in the citation.
• New guidelines describe how to use DOIs and URLs when citing sources obtained from academic research databases or online archives. In short, you should end the database/archive portion of the citation entry with a period, then provide the DOI or URL.
  • Note that, though database/archive information is typically not included in citation entries, it should be included when writers need to cite sources that are only available within a certain database.