Cite thesis and conference papers in APA 7
Learn how to cite theses and conference papers in APA 7 style. Follow correct formats for online, unpublished and presented academic sources to reference sources accurately in your writing.
In-text citations
Place direct quotes between double quotation marks (" ") and provide the page number(s).
| Citation format | Example |
| Paraphrase |
Dysfunctional drivers cause … (Reid, 1998). Reid (1998) found that dysfunctional drivers are ... |
| Direct quote | "Dysfunctional drivers have caused chaos on most major freeways … (Reid, 1998, p. 56). |
Reference list
| Reference format | Example |
| Template | Author. (Year). Title of thesis [Master's thesis/Doctoral dissertation, Institution]. Name of repository or archive. DOI/URL |
| Reference list entry |
Ryan, D. A. (2013). Crowd monitoring using computer vision [Doctoral dissertation, Queensland University of Technology]. QUT ePrints. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/65652/ |
In-text citations
Place direct quotes between double quotation marks (" ") and provide the page number(s).
| Citation format | Example |
| Paraphrase |
Dysfunctional drivers cause … (Sunderland, 2016). Reid (1998) found that dysfunctional drivers are ... |
| Direct quote | "Dysfunctional drivers have caused chaos on most major freeways … (Sunderland, 2016, p. 56). |
Reference list
| Reference format | Example |
| Template | Author. (Year). Title of thesis (Publication No. #) [Master's thesis/Doctoral dissertation, Institution Name]. Database name. |
| Reference list entry |
Sutherland, A. M. (2016). Technology for single cell protein analysis in immunology and cancer prognostics (Publication No. 3738948) [Doctoral dissertation, California Institute of Technology]. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global. |
In-text citations
Place direct quotes between double quotation marks (" ") and provide the page number(s).
| Citation format | Example |
| Paraphrase |
Dysfunctional drivers cause … (Reid, 1998). Reid (1998) found that dysfunctional drivers are ... |
| Direct quote | "Dysfunctional drivers have caused chaos on most major freeways … (Reid, 1998, p. 56). |
Reference list
| Reference format | Example |
| Template | Author. (Year). Title of thesis [Unpublished master's thesis/doctoral dissertation]. Institution. |
| Reference list entry |
Reid, J. M. (1998). A cognitive study of dysfunctional driving behaviours [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Melbourne. |
In-text citations
Place direct quotes between double quotation marks (" ") and provide the page number(s).
| Citation format | Example |
| Paraphrase |
A recent exhibition of Australian impressionists in France … (Taylor, 2013). Wenzel (1998) claims that Fellini's films were ... |
| Direct quote | "Fellini's films always drew much attention from …" (Wenzel, 1998, p. 54). |
Reference list
Give the entire date range of the conference, the title of the paper in italics and the presentation type in square brackets, followed by the name and location of the meeting.
| Reference format | Example |
| Template | Presenter. (Year, Month Days). Title [Form]. Conference Name, City, State, Country. URL |
| Reference list entry |
Wenzel, B. Q. (1998, June 12-14). Films of Fellini [Conference presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Society for Cinema Studies, Ballarat, Australia. |
In-text citations
Place direct quotes between double quotation marks (" ") and provide the page number(s).
| Citation format | Example |
| Paraphrase | At a recent conference, Dhinakaran et al. (2023) argue that progress in current technology will help streamline access to healthcare information such as patient health records in emergency situations. |
| Direct quote | “As information technology advances, both the physical well-being of individuals as well as the medical facility's information structure have risen significantly” (Dhinakaran et al., 2023, p. 1302). |
Reference list
Reference a conference paper published in a collection as an edited book.
| Reference format | Example |
| Template | Author. (Year). Title of paper. In Editor (Ed.), Proceedings of the Conference Name (pp. xx–xx). Publisher OR DOI/URL |
| Reference list entry |
Dhinakaran, M., Deepthi, P., Kalpana, A., Gehkot, A., Asiya, A., & Swathi, B. (2023). The Internet of Things-based sensible health nursing care facility for emergency medical care. In K. Hazarika & B. Mahato (Eds.), 2023 3rd International Conference on Advance Computing and Innovative Technologies in Engineering (ICACITE) (pp. 1302–1306). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICACITE57410.2023.10182769 |