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APA Style -6th edition

This guide provides resources for learning how to cite your sources using APA Style guidelines.

Classical Works

Classical works (e.g. religious texts) are commonly only cited in-text and not in the references section.
 
General Format
 
  • In-text citation, paraphrase OR quotation: (Name of the Book (often abbreviated) Chapter:Verse [if applicable] version being Cited [if applicable])
   NOTE: If you are only using one version of a particular work, you only need to include the version in the first in-text citation.
  • Reference list citation: Not included.
  
Example 1
  • In-text citation, paraphrase OR quotation: (1 Cor. 13:1 Revised Standard Version)

  • Reference list citation: Not included. 
Example 2
  • In-text citation, paraphrase OR quotation: (Qur'an 5:3-4)

  • Reference list citation: Not included.