Interested in earning a digital badge as proof of competency in APA Style basics? Or perhaps one of your instructors has required you to take the APA course. You can self-register for the APA Style course via the Discover tool in D2L. Registration instructions
Check our library workshop calendar and join us for an APA overview session. There are a variety of dates & times to fit your schedule. We'll cover:
If you have a "beyond the basics" APA question, please contact your liaison librarian or use the chat reference option of AskAway
This guide covers APA basics, examples of references and in-text citations for some of the more commonly used resources, and formatting instructions. If you need more information, Writing Centre and Library staff are available to answer your questions. Copies of APA resources are available at both libraries,.
The following handouts are easy to print and have readily accessible when you are researching and writing your assignments and essays.
When editors or teachers ask you to write in "APA style," they do not mean writing style. They are referring to the editorial style that many of the social and behavioral sciences have adopted to present written material in the field.
APA style refers to the entire presentation and structure of your written document which helps with consistency. It includes guidelines for:
Proper documentation requires that you acknowledge sources within your paper. A citation appears in two places in your essay. Once in brief format in the body of your paper; these are called in-text citations. The full citation will also be in the list at the end of your paper; this is called a References list.
