APA STYLE GUIDE

American Psychological Association (APA) style is commonly used for citing references in science and social science courses, such as Nursing, Psychology, Education, and Social Work.

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• BY PROVIDING YOUR SOURCES YOU ALLOW THE READER TO FIND YOUR SOURCES.
• BY PROVIDING YOUR SOURCES YOU ARE SHOWING THE READER YOUR "RESEARCH" PAPER WAS WELL "RESEARCHED."
• BY PROVIDING YOUR SOURCES YOU ARE ABLE TO AVOID PLAGIARISM.

• APA Overview and Workshop
• APA Formatting and Style Guide
• General Format
• In-Text Citations: The Basics
• In-Text Citations: Author/Authors
• Footnotes and Endnotes
• Reference List: Basic Rules
• Reference List: Author/Authors
• Reference List: Articles in Periodicals
• Reference List: Books
• Reference List: Other Print Sources
• Reference List: Electronic Sources
• Reference List: Other Non-Print Sources
• Additional Resources
• Types of APA Papers
• APA Stylistics: Avoiding Bias
• APA Stylistics: Basics
• APA Headings and Seriation
• APA PowerPoint Slide Presentation
• APA Sample Paper
• APA Tables and Figures 1
• APA Tables and Figures 2
• APA Abbreviations
• Statistics in APA
• APA Changes 6th Edition

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