Research Guides: APA Citation Style Guide : Basics & Help

“APA style” refers to the American Psychological Association’s formatting rules for citing sources and overall formatting of research papers. APA style is used by many disciplines including Psychology, Nursing, Communication Studies, and Business.

This guide is a general overview of how to cite common types of sources using APA style. For more complex APA style questions, please consult the official APA formatting rules found in The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6^th ed.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association Staff
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2010
ISBN: 1433805618

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The definitive guide to APA style

Resources for more help

APA Style Blog
Look here for answers to tricky questions like how to cite obscure source types and for explanations of APA rules. This is a good place to go if you have consulted the APA manual and still have questions.
Basic Guide to APA Style
A printable two page guide that gives you example citations for common source types.
Purdue OWL APA Guide
Another handy online guide- includes example formatted bibliographies and research papers.

APA Style Simplified by Bernard C. Beins
Call Number: Ebook- click on the title to open
ISBN: 9780470671238
Publication Date: 2012-05-15
This is a compact but comprehensive guide to writing clearly and effectively in APA style.

Demonstrates how to write objective scientific research papers using interesting prose

Incorporates guidelines from the 6th edition of the APA publication manual

Explores how to develop ideas, connect them to what others have written, and express them clearly

Discusses the differences between written, oral, and poster presentations and offers instructions for applying APA style to each

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