Citation Style
Your professor may require that you use APA style for your writing. There is a copy of the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (aka APA 7th) at the Research & Access Desk.
Other Helpful Citation Resources
These are just a few free tools you can use to manage your research, articles, and citations to help you stay organized.
- EndNote This link opens in a new windowOrganize and automatically create references and citations for your sources. Requires creation of a personal account.
- ZoteroAn open-source bibliographic management tool that you may download to your personal computer. Use it to collect, organize, cite, and share readings.
Helpful links
- APA Style: Reference ExamplesIncludes examples for journals, magazines, books, a book chapter, reports and gray literature, conferences, dissertations and theses, unpublished works, data sets, online media, and audiovisual media.
- Online Writing Lab: APA Style (7th Edition) (Purdue University)Includes short discussions on quotations, references, notes, and general format. (Ignore the Citation Machine.)
- Sample APA PaperFrom OWL, the online Writing Lab at Purdue University