LibGuides: APA 7th Edition Referencing Guide1: PDF file/data set

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Referencing a PDF file

PDFs are referenced the same as websites. Provide a full date if one is available.

Author Surname, A. or Corporate/Group Author. (Year, Month day). Title of PDF in italic sentence case. Title of webpage/PDF Publisher. URL

McGhie, T., & Cordiner, S. (2015, August). Carotenoid composition of tomatoes. Plant & Food Research. https://www.heritagefoodcrops.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/2015-carotenoid-composition-of-tomatoes.pdf

Diabetes New Zealand. (2023, August). Te mate huka me ngā kōwhiringa kai taiora. https://www.diabetes.org.nz/s/Diabetes-and-Healthy-Food-Choices-MAORI-2023.pdf

Note
If the PDF is only available once it has been downloaded to your computer, reference it the same as above. To provide a working URL (a URL that links to the relevant webpage and not your C drive), right click on the download link and choose the copying the link option. If this doesn't provide a working URL, use the URL of the page the resource was downloaded from.

Example

Reference list entry

Nursing Council of New Zealand. (2012, June). Code of conduct for nurses . https://www.nursingcouncil.org.nz/Public/Nursing/Code_of_Conduct/NCNZ/nursing-section/Code_of_Conduct.aspx?hkey=7fe9d496-9c08-4004-8397-d98bd774ef1b

In-text citations

Page/paragraph numbers are optional for paraphrased information.

Narrative
The Nursing Council of New Zealand. (NCNZ, 2012) notes ... (p. 11).

Parenthetical
... (Nursing Council of New Zealand, NCNZ, 2012, p. 11).

Note
URLs must be written exactly as they are displayed in your Internet browser (https://...). If Word autoformats the URL to the main words of the webpage title, you must change it. See here for how to do this.

Referencing a data set

A data set is a table, database or excel spreadsheet containing the results of an investigation, usually in number form with rows and columns.

As above, when referencing a data set downloaded from a webpage, include the URL of the webpage and indicate [Data set] in square brackets after the title. Include the title of the webpage/publisher of the dataset if different from the main author.

Author Surname, A. or Corporate Author. (Year, Month day). Title of data set in italic sentence case [Data set]. URL

StatsNZ. (2013, December 3). 2013 Census population and dwelling tables [Data set]. https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2013-census-population-and-dwelling-tables

Examples

Reference list entry

StatsNZ. (2013, December 3). 2013 Census population and dwelling tables [Data set]. https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2013-census-population-and-dwelling-tables

In-text citations

Page/paragraph numbers are optional for paraphrased information.

Narrative
StatsNZ (2013) details... (p. 6).

Parenthetical
... (StatsNZ, 2013, p. 6).

APA 7th Edition Referencing Guide1

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Referencing a PDF file