Research Guides: EDU 337: Teaching in the Middle and Secondary School: APA (Citation)

Online Resources

There are many on-line 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, but always check these preformatted citations against an official citation manual.

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.

Citation Handbooks

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