How Does APA Style Apply to Me?
The APA style manual will govern a number of aspects of your writing, including:
- How you credit sources
- How you format your paper
- How you organize your paper
To help you learn APA style, this guide contains information on each of these three elements.
REMEMBER: This help guide is intended to familiarize students with the basics of APA style and formatting; it is by no means a comprehensive resource. For more information on APA style, please refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, or browse through some of the following resources:
This resource, revised according the 7th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
The materials are intended as supplementary material to the publication of the American Psychological Associations, Sixth Edition. Due to space and printing limitations, they are referenced from but not printed in the actual Manual.
The following FAQs address issues in APA citation and/or formatting. The entries in this section are based on frequently asked questions received by our OWL Mail Tutors.
Contains all the resources you might need to learn APA style – online courses and tutorials, blogs, FAQs, and more!