APA In-text Citation Basics:

1) Use a citation every time you use someone else's words, thoughts, arguments, ideas, data, or research.

2) Insert the citation in the paragraph or sentence where you used other's ideas, words, etc...

3) Add a full citation to your references list for every source cited in your paper. 

In-text citations can be in parentheses at the end of a sentence: 

or incorporated into a sentence:

When you use a direct quotation, include page numbers in your citation: 

* examples from: Beins, B. (2012). APA Style Simplified: Writing in Psychology, Education, Nursing, and Sociology. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons.