About APA Style
APA is one of the most important citation styles, used not only in Psychology but across all of the social sciences and other disciplines, including: Psychology, Social Work, Business, Marketing, and more.
References are made through in-text, parenthetical notation and a full reference list at the end of the paper.
OWL Guides
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab is a popular source for citation help. And unlike the Publication Manual, it's all online.
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APA Overview at Purdue OWLLearn about APA style in this guide published by Purdue's Online Writing Lab.
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APA Formatting and Style Guide at Purdue OWLThis is a quick but detailed reference to working in APA style, published by Purdue's Online Writing Lab.
Style Guide
The Publication Manual is the APA's official reference.
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
by Call Number: Reference BF76.7 .P83 2010Publication Date: 2009-07-15The official APA reference. -
APA Style Guide to Electronic References
Call Number: Reference BF76.7 .P831 2007 Online (PDF)
Discipline-Specific and Other Resources
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Writing With Style: APA Style for Social Work
by Call Number: Reference HM586 .S98 2004Not only is this a good reference source for Social Work students, but it also contains an excellent overview of plagiarism that can be useful to anyone (Chapter 2, "Ethics and Writing", pp. 7-14).