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For example: \\\"...statements are made (Freud, 1994, p. 154).\\\"\"},{\"question\":\"What is the correct way to cite a source when the author is mentioned in the sentence?\",\"answer\":\"If the author's name is already part of the sentence, you only need to include the year of publication in parentheses. For instance: \\\"Freud (1997) states that...\\\"\"},{\"question\":\"How should you cite a source with no author or date?\",\"answer\":\"When there is no author and no date, use the first few words of the title of the source in quotation marks, followed by \\\"n.d.\\\" for no date. Example: (\\\"Steroids,\\\" n.d., pp. 132-135).\"},{\"question\":\"How are works by three or more authors cited in APA style?\",\"answer\":\"For works by three or more authors, cite only the first author's last name followed by \\\"et al.\\\" (Latin for \\\"and others\\\") and the year. For example: (Rosenburg et al., 2013).\"}]","APA Citing Situation Example | PDF",1788410929]