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APA Style 7th Edition

This guide explains the basics of APA Style 7th Edition.

Sample Papers and Tutorials

APA Style 7th Edition: Student Paper Formatting

This video will highlight how to properly set up an APA Style paper for students, which includes setting margins and font; creating a title page; organizing the main text with section headings; and (if needed), formatting pages for references, footnotes, tables, figures, and appendices.

APA Style 7th Edition: In-Text Citations, Quotations, and Plagiarism

This video will go through what plagiarism is and how to avoid it; how to cite sources using both parenthetical and narrative in-text citations; how to cite organizations, multiple sources at once, and avoid duplicate citations; and how to quote shorter and longer passages.

APA Style 7th Edition: Reference Lists (Journal Articles, Books, Reports, Theses, Websites, more!)

This video will go through how to format a reference list page and use a hanging indent; the four different elements of a reference list entry; and how to reference journal articles, books, chapters, reports, presentations, theses, and websites, plus numerous variations.