The WHAT of the citation can range from the title of the article or book chapter to the title of the entire book. Here is a list of common elements and the APA example sources of the WHAT.
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Elements of WHAT |
APA Sources |
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Podcast |
APA, p. 345, #93-#94 |
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Apparatus |
APA, p. 339, #78 |
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Software |
APA, p. 339, #77 |
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Data Set |
APA, p. 338, #75 |
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Map, all kinds |
APA, p. 347, #100 |
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Editorial |
APA, p. 320, #19 |
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Facebook post |
APA, p. 349, #105-#106 |
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Lecture notes |
APA, p. 347, #102 |
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Lithograph (art) |
APA, p. 346, #97 |
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Marble sculpture |
APA, p. 346, 397 |
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Medium of recording (CD/ MP3) |
APA, p. 344, #91- Album APA, p. 345, #92-Single song/track |
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Monograph (report) |
APA, p. 330, #51 (non-government) |
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Motion picture |
APA, p. 342, #84 |
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Online forum post |
APA, p. 350, #109 |
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Photographs |
APA, p. 347, #101 |
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Plaster cast |
APA, p. 346, #97 |
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Press Release |
APA, p. 331, #59 |
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Reviews (Book, article, film, etc.) |
APA, pp. 334-335, Section 10.7; Template p. 334 APA, p. 335, #67-#69 |
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Special issue |
APA, p. 319, #12 |
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Tape recording (audio recording) |
APA, p. 346, #95-#96 |
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Television episode |
APA, p. 343, #87 |
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APA, p. 348, #103-#104 |
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Electronic version of a print book |
APA, p. 321, #22 APA, p. 322, #26 APA, p. 326, #40 |
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Video |
APA, p. 342, #84 |
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Blog post and comment |
APA, p. 320, #17-#18 |
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Advance online publication (journal) |
APA, p. 318, #7 |
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Manuscript submitted for publication (but not yet accepted) |
APA, p. 336, #72 |
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Manuscript in preparation |
APA, p. 336, #71 |
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Unpublished manuscript |
APA, p. 336, #70 |
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Unpublished raw data |
APA, p. 338, #76 |
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Non-English title with translation |
APA, p. 318, #10 |
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Proper noun in title |
APA, p. 165, Section 6.14 |
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Multivolume work/series |
APA, p. 323, #30-#31 |
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Translated works/Published in another language |
APA, p. 318, #9 & #10 APA, p. 327, #41 & #42 |
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Untitled review of a work |
APA, p. 334, Section 10.7 |
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Untitled letter |
APA Style Blog, "Archival Documents and Collections" https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/archival |
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Volume number of a book |
APA, p. 323, #30 |
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Volume number appearing with page numbers |
APA, p. 323, #29 |