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APA (7/e) Style Guide

A guide to help users create citations in APA (American Psychological Association) 7 style.

A Note on Tables & Figures

Chapter 7 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is dedicated to formatting tables and figures. What is presented here is a brief overview on some of these topics based on the rules found in the manual. For more details and exceptions to the rules, be sure to reference the manual, particularly the table and figure checklists found on pages 207 and 232 respectively.

Components of Tables & Figures

Note. From Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.), by American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 200 (https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000). Copyright 2020 by the American Psychological Association. 

Note. From Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.), by American Psychological Association, 2020, p. 226 (https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000). Copyright 2020 by the American Psychological Association. 

When citing Tables and Figures, citations are placed in the note section under the table. If adapted from source, state "Adapted from", If directly copied from source, state "From", and then the citation in the format of title, author, date, and source (NOTE: different format from the references in the reference section) as shown in the above example.

The reference in the reference section at the end of your paper will be in standard APA 7 format author, date, title, and source.

When citing Tables and Figures, citations are placed in the note section under the table. If adapted from source, state "Adapted from", If directly copied from source, state "From", and then the citation in the format of title, author, date, and source (NOTE: different format from the reference in the reference section) as shown in the above example.

The reference in the reference section at the end of your paper will be in standard APA 7 format author, date, title, and source.