APA Citations: Home

This module should take roughly 45 minutes to view and then a post-test can be completed. It discusses in-text citations as well as a variety of types of sources and their reference list entries. Post-test results can be emailed to you or your professor.

APA Style Guide Homepage

Learn the APA citation style directly from the authors.  The APA Style website provides guidance, formatting, and examples of how to cite within the APA style. 

Purdue Online Writing Lab: APA Style Guide

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides writing resources and instructional materials for writing projects.  The APA Style Guide includes an introduction to the style, citation formatting for various sources, formatting for in-text citations and reference lists, and more.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: The Official Guide to APA Style

APA is one of the most commonly used citation styles.  Created by the American Psychology Association, this style is used in the social sciences.  Majors that use APA citation style include Accounting, Behavioral Analysis, Business, Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Nursing, Social Work, and Sports Management.

Always check with your professor to determine which citation style you should use before beginning your paper or project. 

You will need to identify:

• Author(s)
• Title of the Work
• Publisher Information
• Date of Publication or Creation

• The word "References" should be centered at the top of the page.
• Arrange items in alphabetical order by first word of the entry.
• Use hanging indent and double space the entire page - no extra lines between items.
• List all authors in the order given up to and including twenty authors. For more than twenty authors, list the first nineteen followed by a comma, an ellipses (...), and the final author.
• Capitalize the first word of article/book titles, subtitles and any proper nouns.
• Italicize periodical titles, use upper and lower case as given.
• If no publication date is available, write "n.d." in the parenthesis.
• Always enter DOIs as a URL: https://doi.org/xxxxx
• If a URL/DOI is included, do not end the reference with a period.