Research Guides: EDU 517: Educational Policy and Theoretical Foundations of Literacy : APA (Citation)

Citation Handbooks

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: multiple holdings available
ISBN: 1433805596

Online Resources

There are many online resources available to help you with APA citation for your research papers and projects.

EBSCO databases provide citation options (MLA, APA, Chicago Style, etc.) for most of its articles. Check out the video tutorial on the "Find Articles" page to help you locate this information in the Ebsco databases.

The Basics of APA Style
This tutorial was developed by the American Psychological Association and "it shows users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples."
OWL: Purdue Online Writing Lab (APA Style)
Purdue University has put together a useful resource to help students understand how to do parenthetical citations, end notes, footnotes, etc. This site includes sample papers for formatting purposes and several other examples.