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APA Citations

APA Style

APA Online Guides:

Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) APA Guide
APA Style Blog
Highlights blog posts and apastyle.org pages that can be helpful both for new students and to those who are familiar with APA Style.
Basics of APA Style Tutorial
This tutorial is designed for those who have no previous knowledge of APA Style®. 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.
Northwest Missouri State APA Style Citation Guide

APA Manuals in Print:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) by APA
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83
Copies are available at the Welcome Desk.
APA Style Simplified: Writing in Psychology, Education, Nursing, and Sociology by Bernard C. Beins
Publication Date: 2012
This is a compact but comprehensive guide to writing clearly and effectively in APA style. Demonstrates how to write objective scientific research papers using interesting prose Incorporates guidelines from the 6th edition of the APA publication manual. Explores how to develop ideas, connect them to what others have written, and express them clearly. Discusses the differences between written, oral, and poster presentations and offers instructions for applying APA style to each.

Zotero

Zotero is a free, open-source citation management software program with plug-ins for internet browsers and word processors. If you have a lot of references, it can help you track and organize your sources, collect bibliographic information with one click, and automatically generate in-text citations and entire bibliographies in many styles.

Install Zotero
You will need to download and install 2 pieces for Zotero to work correctly:
-Zotero Standalone software application
-Zotero connector for your browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Opera)
There is also a Microsoft Word plugin, which should be downloaded and installed automatically, but you can install it manually if necessary.
Create an Account (optional)
Allows you to sync your library between multiple computers
Add Sources
(instructional video)
Insert Citations
(instructional video)

Zotero: downloadable instructions

Zotero Plugin for Word on Mac

If you are using Zotero on a Mac, the "Insert Citation" feature for Microsoft Word is available in the script menu: