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Citation Styles

APA (named for the American Psychological Association) style is used for social sciences like:

Business
Education
Sociology
Psychology

APA Style Manual

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: REF BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832178
Publication Date: 2019-10-01

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Faculty Presentation: Get Ready for APA 7
Writing tool for APA-style papers.
Academic Writer combines sophisticated learning and teaching tools, writing and content processing technology, and full integration of APA's best-selling Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

APA Reference List
Learn how to create a Reference List in APA style

APA 7th ed. Student Paper Template

Open this Google doc. To edit, the document, click File>Make a copy

Citing Sources in APA

How to Cite Books and Article in APA

How to cite a book in APA
Watch the tutorial, and learn how to format references for whole books, including both authored books and edited books.
How to cite a journal article in APA
Watch this tutorial and learn how to format references for journal articles, including those published in print, online, or retrieved from research databases.
How to cite a book chapter in APA
Learn how to format references for chapters in edited books, meaning those books where each chapter is written by a different author (cite the whole book if the same author has written all chapters).

How to Cite Websites in APA

How to cite a web page/site in APA
Learn how to format references for any material found on websites, including lecture notes or PowerPoint slides.
Citing a web page with no author
Citing a website material that has no author, no year, and no page numbers
Citing an entire website (but not a specific document on that site)

APA Style Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
Annotated bibliographies are a type of student paper that consist of reference list entries followed by short descriptions of the work (annotations). See under Lesson 2 "Annotated Bibliographies" for a sample annotated bibliography in Academic Writer.

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NoodleTools

Use NoodleTools to create your References, Works Cited, or Bibliography page in APA, MLA or Chicago/Turabian format.

In-Text Citation in APA

“A brief reference (consisting of the author’s last name, year of publication, and frequently a page number), to a source within the body of a scholarly work that will be more fully described in the references section.”

Every cited reference must have a corresponding entry in the reference list.

Citing references in text (In-text citation)
Learn how to cite references in the text, including how to implement the basic formats, cite multiple works, achieve clarity, and format references with missing author and/or date information.

Citations within Quotations

Sometimes when you are quoting from another source, the text you want to quote will include citations. How do you cite it?

Citations within Citations