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APA 7th

APA (American Psychological Association) 7th edition is an author-date referencing style requiring an in-text citation within the text of your document and a related entry in a reference list at the end of your document.

Tables - no copyright permission needed

No date: If there is no year of publication, use the abbreviation (n.d.) for no date.

For more information on reference list format and style, see General information - basics of referencing.

Use the following format when you have adapted the table.

Format for a table from a book

Table no

Table Title

   Table data

Note. Description of the table contents that cannot be understood from the table title or body alone. Adapted from Title of book (p. page number), by Author/s, Copyright date, Publisher (https://doi.org/xxx). Copyright year by Copyright Holder.

Example

The benefits of using dynamic views in database management can be clearly illustrated in Table 1.

Table 1

Sample Data for Vehicles and Operations

   Table data

Note. Adapted from Modern Database Management (12th ed., p. 232), by J. A. Hoffer, V. Ramesh, and H. Topi, 2016, Pearson. Copyright 2016 by Pearson Education.

Format for a table from a journal

Table no

Table Title

   Table data

Note. Description of the table contents that cannot be understood from the table title or body alone. Adapted from "Title of article," by Author/s, Year of publication, Journal Title, Volume(Issue), p. page number (https://doi.org/xxx). Copyright year by Copyright Holder.

Example

Table 2 displays the proportional reporting ratios for lactic acidosis and metformin from 2015 to 2018.

Table 2

Characteristics of LA Case Reports With Metformin Present as Either Primary Suspect or Incident Drug

   Table data

Note. This table differentiates between the US domestic cases and the European cases. Adapted from "Reports of lactic acidosis attributed to metformin 2015-2018," by J. H. Flory, S. Hennessy, C. J. Bailey, and S. E. Inzucchi, 2020, Diabetes Care, 43(1), p. 245 (https://doi.org/10.2337/dc19-0923). Copyright 2019 by American Diabetes Association.

Format for a table from a web page/website

Table no

Table Title

   Table data

Note. Description of the table contents that cannot be understood from the table title or body alone. Adapted from Title of Web page/Website, by Author, Publication date or last updated (https://xxx). Copyright year by Copyright Holder.

Example (in the public domain)

Table 3 presents statistics around the prevalence of diabetes in adults from undiagnosed to diagnosed over a seventeen-year period.

Table 3

Trends in Age-Adjusted Prevalence of Diagnosed, Undiagnosed, and Total Diabetes Among Adults Aged 18 Years or Older, United States, 1999–2016

   Table data

Note. From National Diabetes Statistics Report 2020: Estimates of Diabetes and its Burden in the United States, by Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020 (https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pdfs/data/statistics/national-diabetes-statistics-report.pdf). In the public domain.