When writing an essay, report or other assignment it is usual to support arguments by referring to, or citing, information produced by other authors. This information could be presented in journal or newspaper articles, government reports, books or specific chapters of books, research dissertations or theses, material over the internet etc. When you cite someone's work in the text of your essay (an in-text citation), you also need to create a full reference for it at the end of your work. This gives the full details for the information source so that it can be traced by anyone who reads your work.
This guide provides instructions and examples using the APA referencing style. To find out how to cite and reference resources, you can use the A-Z on each page or the full page listing which includes links to all examples. This guide provides instructions on which elements in a information resource you need to use to create citations and references in an academic piece of work using the APA (American Psychological Association) style, devised in 1929. The APA is now in it's 6th edition.
Links to related UCA LibGuides are listed below:
You can also find guides for the following referencing software which automate the referencing process:
A tutorial on APA style is available here.
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The examples in this guide have been adapted from that produced by Sue Stevens and Alex Jubb at the University of Birmingham. This content is available under a CC-BY-NC-SA license.
