Kish Guides: Psychology Research Guide: Cite your sources

APA Citation Style Guidelines

APA stands for American Psychological Association, a professional group that sets guidelines for citing sources in psychology, nursing, and other fields.

The guides below will help you with APA Style.

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Citation generator for APA, MLA, or Chicago-Style citation pages (Reference, Works Cited, Bibliography). You pick what type of source and where you got it from, and then fill in the wizard to generate your formatted page. Export the final product to add it onto the end of your paper, or share it with your teacher online. Try the notecard feature, too!

Reference Source Examples and References Page Setup (APA 7th ed.)
Examples of how to cite books, journal articles, and website articles. Sample References page and in-text citation format.
APA 7th edition Tips and Notes
Overview of major revisions in APA 7th edition
Running head setup in Microsoft Word
Step-by-step instructions on setting up a running head in Microsoft Word

Citing online articles from EBSCO Host, etc.

Use online citation tools!
Citing online articles can be a little tricky.
Get some help from your online search system!
Here's how:

Use automatically-generated citations: Article database systems like EBSCO Host generate sample citations for their articles.
Check your automatic citations: Automatically-generated citations often contain errors. Be sure to check them for accuracy using either your student writer's handbook, or an online tool like Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL).

NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
Citation generator for APA, MLA, or Chicago-Style citation pages (Reference, Works Cited, Bibliography). You pick what type of source and where you got it from, and then fill in the wizard to generate your formatted page. Export the final product to add it onto the end of your paper, or share it with your teacher online. Try the notecard feature, too!