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APA style 7th edition guide for Education courses: APA Style Citation examples

This guide provides APA instruction & resources for Professor Woolery's Education courses.

Sample References Paper

Citing in APA style

General guidelines:

  • Sentence case capitalization in article titles. (Only first word & proper names capitalized)
  • Title of journal is italicized & each word is capitalized
    (Also italicize the volume number)
  • Include doi (digital object identifier) if available
  • If doi is not available, include the URL (web address) for the home page
  • Double-check all citations to make sure they are correctly formatted

 

 

 

 

 

Contacting Your Librarian

Free Online Citation Tools

APA Style Blog - 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.


Son of Citation Machine - Citation machine helps students and professional researchers to properly credit the information that they use.


Additional resources for help with creating citations are available in the library!!

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