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Using APA Style
The main book that you need to cite your sources and format your work in the American Psychological Association (APA) style is the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.):
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by ISBN: 1433832151Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Find it behind the Reference Desk.
To get you started, here's the format for citing the most common types of resources in your APA Style Reference List:
Book
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Publisher name.
Article from a Database
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), page range. http://dx.doi.org/10.0000/0000
Web Page
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Publication year, Month date). Title of webpage. Site name. URL
Personal Interview
Personal interviews do not need to be included in the reference list, but they should be cited in your text.
(Interviewee first initial. Last Name, personal communication, Month day, year)
(C. Smith, personal communication, January 11, 2017)
Don't forget that APA recommends author-date in-text citations!
Need more help with APA Style? Check out the following resources:
- What's New in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh EditionThis document provides an overview of what's new in the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Content throughout the manual has been significantly expanded and revised from the sixth edition.
- Purdue OWL APA Formatting and Style GuideThis comprehensive resource from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University provides examples for how to cite many different types of sources, from books to movies.
- APA Style BlogThe official companion to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition, this blog delves into the finer points of APA Style.
- Quick Answers about APA FormattingThis page from the APA answers common questions about setting up your running head, heading level, title pages, and more.
- APA Microsoft Word Template 7th ed. (Student)Use this template to quickly help you format your headers, page numbers, and other page styling (opens a new tab).
- APA Template 7th ed. (Professional)Use this template as a starter formatting your paper. Opens a new tab.
- Citation MachineCitation Machine formats your citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago Style. With this site, you generally have to input all of the publication information, but you don't have to sign up for an account.
APA 7th Edition
The American Psychological Association (APA) recently updated their style manual from 6th to 7th. If you decide to follow 7th edition rules, use the following links to learn about the differences between the 6th and 7th editions.
Incorporating Sources
Using the sources you've found in your paper involves more than just copying and pasting quotations into your paper.
View this video tutorial to learn:
- How to quote indirectly and directly,
- How to paraphrase, and
- How to introduce and analyze the works of others.
APA Style: Reference Page (Part 1: Formatting)
In this tutorial, you will learn how to properly format your paper titles, paragraphs, citations, etc.
APA Style: Reference Pages (Part 2: Citing)
In this tutorial, you will learn how to arrange publication information in your citations in Microsoft Word.
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