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APA 7th Citation Guide

A guide on APA Style 7th edition, derived from the APA Style Manual

Lecture Notes

Specific Guidelines
  • If a lecture does not have an official title, only include the description.
  • If you retrieved the information from a classroom website, learning management system (D2L), or another restricted-access source, only include the direct URL if the reader has access to that source. 
Format

With official title

Author, A. A. (Year of lecture, Day of lecture). Title of lecture in sentence case [Description]. Department Name, University Name. https://xxxxx

No official title

Author, A. A. (Year of lecture, Day of lecture). [Lecture notes on - description of lecture]. Department Name, University Name. https://xxxxx

Example

Shannon-Baker, P. (2020, March 2). [Lecture notes on coding qualitative data]. Department of Reading, Foundations, and Curriculum, Georgia Southern University.

PowerPoint Slides

Specific Guidelines

If you retrieved the information from a classroom website, learning management system (D2L), or another restricted-access source, only include the direct URL if the reader has access to that source. 

Format

Author, A. A. (Year of presentation). Title of presentation [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieval location. https://xxxxx

Example

Housand, B. (2016). Game on! Integrating games and simulations in the classroom [PowerPoint slides]. SlideShare. https://www.slideshare.net/brianhousand/game-oan-iagc-2016/ 

APA Publication Manual Section #

For more details and examples on how to reference PowerPoint slides or lecture notes, consult the following section in the APA 7th Publication Manual:

Section 102. PowerPoint slides or lecture notes  

EndNote Reference Type

Augusta University provides free access to EndNote citation management tool students, faculty, and staff.

If you use EndNote to input your references, then choose one of the reference types underneath. If you export or import your citations, then check that EndNote automatically categorized them to the below reference type:

Reference Type: 

  • Lecture - Online Multimedia
  • PowerPoint slides - Online Multimedia

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