The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association describes the rules used to write papers following APA style. This style is used in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and criminology. Information about using APA style can be found in the following places:
APA (American Psychological Association)
Books
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title: Capital letter for subtitle also. Publisher.
Journal Articles
Author, A. A., B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of Article. Title of Periodical, volume number (issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy
Websites
Author, A. A., & Author, B.B. (Date of publication). Title of Webpage. Name of Website. URL
In Text
(Author, Year of publication, p. #)
References
Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M., Soderlund, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General Format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
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