LibGuides: APA Citation Guide: APA Style

APA Style Guides (7th Edition)

These sites provide a guide to using the APA style

Paper Formatting Tips

MS Word has lots of useful templates to help you format your work, including an APA Style Paper template that follows the 7th edition of the APA Manual. Click the link below to download an APA 7th edition template.

APA Student Paper Template (.docx)

There are formatting differences between the 6th and 7th APA editions. Look at your syllabus and/or assignment to see which edition of APA your instructor wants you to use. If your instructor wants you to use the 6th edition, simply type "APA 6th edition" in the search box in MS Word to retrieve a template to assist you with formatting.

Use the appropriate template along with your choice of bibliographic management system.

Citing Cancelled Presentations

Here’s updated info about how to include cancelled conference presentations on your CV in APA format.

https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/canceled-conferences

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Bibliographic Management Software

Refworks
RefWorks is a powerful online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers at all levels easily gather, organize, store and share all types of information and to instantly generate citations and bibliographies.
EndNote
Software that helps you manage your citations and create formatted bibliographies. You can download a copy from the IMT Campus Computing Support Center web site (APU NetID and password required; you also must UN-ZIP the file before installing). Also see the "How to Export Database Records into EndNote" guide, our EndNote FAQs, and the online training videos on YouTube.
Zotero
A free Firefox extension with Microsoft Word plugin; allows you to download citation information, generate bibliographies, and include in-text citations within your documents. Tutorials are available on the Zotero website.