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APA Style (7th Edition) Guide: Encyclopedia

This guide will help you cite your documents in using the APA 7th ed. publication manula.

Encyclopedia

Example:

Aho, K. (2023), Existentialism. In E. N. Zalta & U. Nodelman (Eds.), The Stanford Encyclopedia of

Philosophy (Summer 2023 ed.). Stanford University. https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2023/entries/existentialism/

Before using a Wikipedia entry it is important to ask your professor whether it is an appropriate source of information to be used in your paper.

Use the permalink (usually found under Tools section) included in the Wikipedia entry for your reference entry. This way the reader can access the same page.

Example:

Ethics. (2023, November 27). In Wikipedia.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethics&oldid=1186308408

Parenthetical citation:

("Ethics," 2023)