Guidelines to APA Style: Data sets and software reference examples

• Data set
• Software or mobile app
• AI tool

Owner of the data set. (Publication year). Title of data set (Version number) [Data set]. Publisher. Retrieved Month day, year, from http://xxxx or https://xxxx or https://doi.org/xxxx

Data sets consist of research data ('raw data') used in a document for a table, for example.

• If there is no version number it is omitted.
• The publication date for published sets is the year of publication and for unpublished sets is the year(s) of collection.
• If you are citing existing data or statistics, cite the publication in which the data were published (e.g., a journal article, report, or webpage) rather than the data set itself.
   

Parenthetical citation: (Pew Research Center, 2018)
Narrative citation: Pew Research Center (2018)
 

• Common software (e.g. Word, Excel, Photoshop or SPSS) and mobile apps (e.g. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) mentioned in the text, but not paraphrased or quoted, do not need citations. Simply give the proper name of the software or app along with version number in the text, if relevant.

Author, A. (Publication year). Name of programme (Version number) [Description]. Publisher. Retrieved Month day, year, from http://xxxx or https://xxxxx

• The publication year of a computer software is the year of publication of the version used.
• The bracketed description is flexible: [Computer software], [Mobile app], [Apparatus and software].
• For a mobile app the publisher can be stated as Google Play Store or App Store.
• To cite a content of a social media app see Social media.

Parenthetical citation: (Koha-community, 2021)
Narrative citation: Koha-community (2021)
 

Parenthetical citation: (Impala Studios, 2021)
Narrative citation: Impala Studios (2021)
 

Developer. (Publication year). Name of AI-tool (Version number) [Type of AI model]. Retrieved Month day, year, from http://xxxx or https://xxxxx

• If you are using an AI tool for your coursework, include a description of how you used AI within your work. Also include the prompt and the text generated in your report, in the text or in an appendix.
• Ask your teacher if AI-tools may be used for your course work.

Parenthetical citation: (OpenAI, 2023)
Narrative citation: OpenAI (2023)

or

Parenthetical citation: (OpenAI, 2023; see Appendix A for the full transcript)
Narrative citation: OpenAI (2023; see Appendix A for the full transcript)