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APA Style, 7th Edition

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition by American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF 76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832161
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, it is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and other fields. Known for its authoritative, easy-to-use reference and citation system, the Publication Manual also offers guidance on choosing the headings, tables, figures, language, and tone that will result in powerful, concise, and elegant scholarly communication. It guides users through the scholarly writing process--from the ethics of authorship to reporting research through publication. The seventh edition is an indispensable resource for students and professionals to achieve excellence in writing and make an impact with their work. The seventh edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect best practices in scholarly writing and publishing.

We also highly recommend the Purdue Online Writing Lab's (OWL) APA Style Guide, which provides numerous examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.

The APA Style Blog answers common questions and provides further explanations of APA style.

APA 7th edition

APA 7th Research Guide - Citing Resources - List of Examples: https://libraryguides.quinnipiac.edu/c.php?g=989576&p=7660434

APA Style Aid

APA Blog
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The APA Style Blog is written by experts from the APA, and has entries on many hard-to-cite reference types. Click on the APA Blog link above and click on the hour glass on the right hand side, type in your question. Click Search.

APA 7th - Tutorials, Webinars and PDF's of Powerpoint

APA Style: Articles Part 1 DOI
Explains the DOI, which is required for citing any online article that has a DOI.

Creating References Using Seventh Edition

In this webinar, members of the APA Style team provide an in-depth look at the simplified reference system, describing the rationale behind it, how to format references using it, and why references are easier because of it.

The panelists answer one of the most frequent questions: how to cite a work found online. They also use real-life examples to walk through creating references for works with missing information; found via a database; needing DOIs, URLs, and retrieval dates; and more.

Citing Works in Text Using Seventh Edition

This webinar provides an in-depth look at the APA Style citation system, including how to create and format in-text citations, integrate source material into a paper, and cite at an appropriate level.

How to Cite Laws in APA Format

These blog posts from the APA Style blog will be very helpful when trying to cite the law in APA:

Introduction to APA Style Legal References

Writing References for Federal Statutes

Finding Federal Statutes

The Rules for Federal Regulations: I. The Code of Federal Regulations

The Rules for Federal Regulations: II. The Federal Register

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APA In-Text Citations Examples

In APA style, in-text citations are placed within sentences and paragraphs so that it is clear what information is being quoted or paraphrased and whose information is being cited.

For instructions on in-text citations please see the Citing in-text Citations

Why Should I Cite?

Both paraphrases & direct quotations require citation.
Under-citation can lead to plagiarism.
Over-citation is distracting and unnecessary. If you are paraphrasing in a paragraph over multiple consecutive sentences and the source and topic remain the same, cite the source in the first sentence only; BUT, make make sure the source material remains clear. An example of a long paraphrase and its citations can be found here: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/paraphrasing
Each work cited in the text must appear in the reference list, and each work in the reference list must be cited in text.
- EXCEPTIONS
  - Personal communications that are unrecoverable to the reader (cited in-text only). This is audience-specific; if your professor can recover the document, then it must be cited in-text AND in the reference list.
  - General mentions of whole websites, periodicals, software, or apps

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