Welcome to the guide for Citing References Using APA Style!
We hope that you will find this guide a useful starting place for information on APA Style, 7th edition. We have assembled a core collection of resources available through the Wayne State University Library System, as well as high quality, freely available web resources. This guide is a collaborative work-in-progress, developed with the suggestions and feedback from students and faculty.
Note: APA 7th Edition requires Double-Spacing throughout your paper.
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The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) is available at any Wayne State library reference desk. Call number is BF 76.7 .P83 2020
This tutorial takes you through the basics of writing an APA style paper, from paper format and organization to in-text citations and references.
This is the website for the 7th edition of the APA Style manual.Instructional aids in PDF format; guides to introduce writers to APA Style or provide a brief overview of specific topics; checklists to use during the writing process; interactive activities to improve APA formatting or writing.
This resource offers examples of the general format for papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and reference pages.
Includes samples of an Annotated Bibliography, a variety of essays, literature review and more.Links to citation management software, tutorials, downloads, etc. available to assist you with citing your sources.
Refworks is a cloud-based citation management tool that formats your bibliographies in APA, MLA, and many other citation styles, and use the saved references with Microsoft Word and other word processing software.. It is free to Wayne State University students, faculty, staff and other affiliated users.
Zotero is a free open-source online citation management software that helps you gather, organize, and analyze sources and use the saved references with Microsoft Word and other word processing software.
EndNote citation management software available at a discount to all WSU students, faculty and staff. It allows you to manually enter citation information, or export directly from the library's online databases. EndNote can format bibliographic entries in almost every citation style and works with most word processors to insert citations and build reference lists as you write.