7th Edition Learning Resources
Read the descriptions of the tools listed below carefully to select the one most useful for your immediate needs. There's a splendid variety available.
Keep in mind that most library databases will offer to provide you with a APA formatted citation. However, most of the time, you will need to tweak them a bit! One of the most common mistakes is the failure to Not Capitalize all the words in an article title, for example!
- Reference Examples ChartAll the different types of things you might reference organized in a chart with hotlinks to examples of how that thing would appear in References, in a parenthetical citation and as a narrative citation. Very cool!
- Student Paper Formatting ChecklistWell-laid out with hotlinks to more information for complex elements. Easy to skim to get to the piece you need, but can also be read through quickly. 7 pages long.
- Creating an APA Style Reference ListShort and sweet ... really seems to zero in on the most common questions/issues that arise. Should be read from beginning to end -- only 2 pages!
- Journal Article Reference ChecklistReally short but focused on the main issues with citing journal articles.
- Quick Reference GuideQuick annotated example/description of citation for BOOK, BOOK CHAPTER, JOURNAL ARTICLE.
- Reference ExamplesAn example of every sort of thing you'd want to reference laid out clearly in 4 pages!
- APA Style Reference Formatting ActivityA "fix these" type activity clearly designed to go along with the 4-page Reference Examples handout linked here.
Citing a special issue of a journal. Example from https://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2012/05/citing-a-special-issue-or-special-section-in-apa-style.html
![Rotf, L. (Ed.). (2012). Beyond the LOLcats: Maru, Nyan Cat, and more [Special issue]. The Journal of Internet Memes, 115(3).](https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/16300/images/APA_Style_Special_Issue_Journal.png)