APA Style Guide (7th)
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: BF 76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Publication Date: 2020Available at Simpson Library.
APA Style Guide (6th)
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2010ISBN: 1433805618Publication Date: 2010Available at Simpson Library. -
APA Style Guide to Electronic References (6th ed.)Call Number: Online PDFISBN: 9781433807046Publication Date: 2012Click the title to open the PDF.
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APA Best Bets
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APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL)This guide, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) includes examples of in-text citations and references and instructions for formatting them. It also includes basic APA paper formatting guidelines.
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APA Style One-Experiment Sample PaperFrom the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)
More APA Short Summaries and Examples
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APA StyleThe official APA website
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APA Style - Reference Examples (7th ed.)Scroll down the page for reference examples for many different types of sources
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APA Style - 6th ed. ResourcesIncludes a 20 minute video tutorial of APA style, including guidelines for structuring and formatting APA style papers and instructions for citing sources, both in-text and in the reference list.
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APA (7th ed.) Sample Paper with Formatting GuidelinesFrom Purdue OWL
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APA (7th ed) Style Overview and Workshop (OWL - Purdue)Maintained by the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University. In addition to showing different rules for using APA style, OWL provides helpful visuals to demonstrate how different parts of your paper should look in APA format.
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CiteSource (Trinity College)Clear, step-by-step guide to citing sources in reference list; sponsored by Trinity College Library in Hartford, CT.
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APA Documentation Guide (U of Wisconsin - Madison)Sponsored by the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Explains how to use APA style in parenthetical citations, and in reference lists.
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American Psychological Association (APA) (6th ed.) DocumentationHandout from University of Wisconsin - Madison
Citation Management Tools
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Zotero Guide (UMW Libraries)Zotero is a free Firefox extension that allows you to collect sources and create bibliographies within your web browser. Visit the Zotero website to download or visit our Zotero guide to learn more