Research Guides: Secondary Education: APA Citations

Who uses APA Style?

APA style is most often used in the Social Sciences, particularly Psychology. Other disciplines that use this style include Nursing, Education, and Social Work.

Web Resources

APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th ed.) | Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Purdue's well-respected style guide site offers sound advice, tips, and examples on how to site sources, create reference lists, format papers, and much more. You will also find vidcasts here where you can learn basic APA citing skills.
APA References (7th & 6th eds.) | Excelsior College OWL APA reference guidance from Excelsior College.
APA Style | SEMO Center for Writing Excellence Examples of citing common sources. Formatting papers in APA style.
APA Style | American Psychological Association Official APA help page. View free guidelines by topic, answers to interesting questions in the APA Style Blog, and online help team through APA Style Help.

Citation Generator

ZoteroBib Can automatically generate citations from URL, DOI, and other standardized identifiers or help you create citations manually. Can create citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, and many other styles. Can create a full reference page that be copied and pasted into a document.
Student Paper Checklist Use this checklist while writing your paper to make sure it is consistent with seventh edition APA Style. This checklist corresponds to the writing and formatting guidelines described in full in the Concise Guide to APA Style (7th ed.).

APA Style Manuals

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.)
Call Number: Reference Collection BF76.7 .P83 2020 (3rd floor)
There are two copies for checkout on the 4th floor in the LC Collection (BF76.7 .P83 2020) and one on three-hour reserve at the Circulation Desk.

Center for Writing Excellence

For personal assistance with citation and formatting, use the Center for Writing Excellence, located in Kent Library 311!