Research Guides: Psychological Science: Cite and Manage Sources

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American Psychological Association (APA) Style)

APA (American Psychological Association) Style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences.

The APA Publication Manual provides guidance on formatting research papers and creating citations in the text of your paper as well as the reference list.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th ed. by American Psychological Association
Call Number: Mullins Help Desk BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832161
Publication Date: 2020

Online Style Resources from the APA

While the Libraries do not offer full access to the Publication Manual online, the APA does offer several freely accessible guides on using APA Style.

APA Style Guidelines
Offers freely-accessible tips on formatting papers, references, and in-text citations.
What's New in the Seventh Edition of the Publication Manual? (PDF)
See the new changes in the seventh edition of the manual and stay current.
APA Style Blog ( APA Style Experts)
The APA Style Blog is the official companion to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition. It's run by a group of experts who work with APA Style every day.

Resources for Citing & Managing Your Sources

Resources on Citing Your Sources
Written for undergraduate students, this page includes information about understanding when to cite, quoting and paraphrasing, avoiding plagiarism, and links to citation examples, helpers, and managers.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
One of the most used web sites for information on APA and MLA styles.

Zotero
Zotero is an application that collects, manages, and cites research sources. There are helper applications that work with Firefox, Chrome, or Safari to collect citations as you browse the web. Zotero allows you to attach PDFs, notes and images to your citations, organize them into collections for different projects, and create bibliographies.
EndNote Basic (EndNote Web)
EndNote Basic (formerly known as EndNote Web) is an online citation manager. It allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper. EndNote Basic is provided through the Web of Science platform and users must create an account on that service in order to save and output citations. EndNote Basic can also interact with the desktop version of EndNote, which is available for purchase from the University Bookstore.
Create a personal EndNote Basic account from an on-campus computer. Need help creating an account? Ask us.