APA 7 Style Guide

Basic rules:

• Authors names are always given last name first.
• Do not write the author's first name! Only use the first initial and, if provided, their middle initial, e.g. Smith, J. A. not Smith, John.
• Publication years are written with the year first, followed by the month (not abbreviated) and day, if available. E.g. 2014, January 29.
• Article titles are always written like sentences. Capitalize the first word of the title and, if used, the subtitle, as well as any proper nouns. Everything else will be lower case.
• Website names and magazine/newspaper/journal names, however, will be properly capitalized.

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