APA Referencing Guide 7th Edition: Dissertation / Thesis

General Format:

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of dissertation/ thesis. Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume, pages. 

Example:

Gray, H. U. (2019). Democracy, education and social change. Dissertation Abstracts International, 36(5), 45-47.

 Reference Source:  APA 7th Ed Manual Made Easy: Full concise Guide Simplified for Students). p59

General Format:

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of dissertation/thesis [Unpublished Type of dissertation/thesis]. University.  

Example:

Cooper, A. S. (2018). Sexual harassment in the working environment [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Chicago.

 Reference Source:  APA 7th Ed Manual Made Easy: Full concise Guide Simplified for Students). p60

General Format:

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of dissertation/ thesis (Publication No. #) [Type of dissertation /thesis, University]. Database Name. 

Example:

Thompson, K. V. (2014). Effective ways of reducing air pollution (Publication No. 2350968) [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toronto]. OpenDOAR.

• If the published dissertation or thesis is not published in a database, include the URL to locate the document. 

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