How to Follow APA Style in Your Written Work
Using APA style within the text of your paper-using citations in ( )
This is one aspect of using APA style that is often overlooked-many people just follow APA style for the reference list. It's important to include parenthetical citations within the body of your work so that the reader can see where your ideas came from. And remember, no item should be on the reference list that is not cited within the body of your paper!!!!
Note that APA Style is now in its 6th edition (2009). Be sure to check the sites listed to make sure they use the most current edition.
An excellent starting place for the 6th edition!
More basic resources from APA.
This also addresses how you add citations for short and long quotes in your papers.
A nice two page pdf to print out.
Developing your reference list
At the end of this introduction there are links to many specifics.
Just the basics here, presented in a colorful way. A similar resource with a more extensive examples can be found at APA Format.
General APA Style Resources
Dr. Abel Scribe's Guides to APA Style (Many useful links here)
The OWL at Purdue: APA formatting and style guide
A Guide for Writing Research Papers Using APA Style
APA Documentation (includes a link to a downloadable quick guide)
APA Citation Guide (I like how this resource shows what the in-text citation looks like right next to the reference list entry)
APA Citation Examples
APA Style Citations (This 4 page pdf covers all of the basics-well worth printing out a copy to keep on hand!).
Free tools for formatting citations (use at your own risk):
EasyBib
Citation Machine
BibMe
RapidCite
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