APA Resources and Guidelines

American Psychological Association Publication Manual - 6th Edition

American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual - 6th Edition
Look inside and examine the new APA edition including table of contents and chapter descriptions, plus Frequently Asked Questions.  In addition, this site offers an online tutorial.

Learning APA Style
Free online tutorials, online course, and browse learning resources from the American Psychological Association

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association - 6th Edition is available at Rutgers libraries: Alexander, Art, Camden, Chang, Dana Douglass, Kilmer, LSM, SMLR
REF BF76.7.P83 2010 (check at reference desk)

This format is available in PDF format trough IRIS, the online catalog. In IRIS, type "APA Style" and change the pull-down menu to "TITLE begins with" Select the "electronic access" link on the full record to display the PDF.

Rutgers Library IRIS Quicksearch

 

Purdue OWL Online - APA Workshop

Overview of APA format

APA Formatting and Style Guide

This resource, revised according to the 6th edition of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, end-notes/footnotes, and the reference page.

APA Formatting and Style Guide Power Point Presentation
A Power Point Presentation on the basics of APA

Plagarism
Tips to avoid plagarism

Columbia University SSW Writing Center

APA Style Rules and Tips

Tips and rules for references, reference types, citations, abbreviations, form, use of quotations, verb tense, use of the term "gender" and "sex," sensitivity to labels, and avoiding biased language.

Google

Remember: You can also "Google Search"

Here's How:
  1. Go to http://www.google.com
  2. Type in what you are looking for (E.g. "In Text Citations APA format")
  3. Click on the sites provided  (E.g. Search results: "APA-Style and Formatting Guide: In-Text Citations: The Basics..)
  4. Click on links to see the websites and information

Additional Guides and Tutorials

Guide to Most Frequently Used Citation Types: University of Washington

APA Exposed-Tutorial developed by Harvard Graduate School of Education

Create an APA Reference List: The Writing Center, UW-Madison

Southeastern University - Videos: How Do I Cite?

APA (Style) Lite for College Papers

Julia's Quick and Dirty Guide to APA

Wayne State College - APA Citation Examples

Citation Management

RefWorks
A web based application for managing citations. Free to Rutgers staff, faculty, and students. It enables you to import references from many electronic databases, including citations while you write your paper, and a build a bibliography according to different style sheets.

Zotero
Free, Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your resources.