| 6th edition | 7th edition | |
| Place of publication was required for book citations | - | Place of publication no longer required (yay!) |
| In Text citations for 3 to 5 authors required all authors to be listed the first time, with "et al." being used for each In Text citation included after that | - | All In Text citations now only require the name of the first author with "et al." if there are more than 2 authors" (yay!) |
| A maximum of 7 authors were to be included in a reference, no matter how many authors there were | - | A maximum number of 20 authors now need to be included in a reference |
| URLs were to be preceded by "Retrieved from" | - | URLs no longer need to be preceded by "Retrieved from" (yay!) |
| If there is no DOI, include the home page of the database | - | For items from most of the Library databases with no DOI, reference as a print version |
| No clear guidelines existed for contributors to audiovisual works | - | Clear guidelines now exist for contributors to audiovisual works (yay!) |
| No guidelines existed for contributors to audiovisual works | - | Clear guidelines now exist for contributors to audiovisual works (yay!) |
Bradley, L., Noble, N., & Hendricks, B. (2020). The APA publication manual: Changes in the seventh edition. The Family Journal, 28(2), 126-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480720911625