Occasionally, you may want to cite your course text, course content, live lecture, or PowerPoint slides in an assignment. Use the resources on this page as a guide to create APA-style references and in-text citations in your academic work. Note that you may need to include a description of the content in brackets as demonstrated in the examples below.

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The format for an APA reference for an ebook is as follows:

Author last name, First initial. Middle initial., & Author last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year of publication).

Title of book (Edition number). Publisher. https://URL

The format for in-text citations are:

• Parenthetical reference that appears at the end of a sentence: (Author last name, Year of publication).
• Narrative in-text citation: According to Author last name (Year of publication), ...

Use the example APA references and in-text citations to create references for your textbooks. Please note that references use a hanging indent and are double spaced. Single spacing is used in the examples below as a space-saving measure.

VitalSource Textbook

Example APA reference:

Grant, K. B., & Ray, J. A. (2018). Home, school, and community collaboration: Culturally responsive family

engagement (4th ed.). Sage. https://ambassadored.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781506365725/cfi/6/2/2@0:0

Example parenthetical in-text citation:

(Grant & Ray, 2018).

The format for an APA reference for course content is:

Rasmussen University. (Year). Module number: Title of lesson [Lesson content]. LMS name. http://URL

Example APA reference:

Rasmussen University. (2024). Module 05: Management skills [Lesson content]. Blackboard Ultra.

https://learning.rasmussen.edu/ultra/course

Example parenthetical in-text citation:

(Rasmussen University, 2024).

The format for an APA reference for a live lecture is:

Author's last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year, Month Day). Module number: Title of lecture. [Lecture recording].

Name of Institution. https://URL

Example APA reference:

DeStefano, T. E. (2024, June 5). Module 02: Industrialized countries and their democracies [Lecture recording].

Rasmussen University. https://rasmussenedu-my.sharepoint/

Example parenthetical citation:

(DeStafano, 2024). 

The format for an APA reference for a PowerPoint slide deck or presentation is:

Author's last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Year, Month Day). Module number: Title of PowerPoint slide deck [PowerPoint

slides]. LMS name. https://URL

Example APA reference:

Schumar, J. F. (2024, March 15). Module 01: Introduction to the respiratory system [PowerPoint slides]. Blackboard

Ultra. https://learning.rasmussen.edu/ultra/course

Example parenthetical in-text citation:

(Schumar, 2024).