Research Guides: NURS 1121 (Term 1): Library Basics: Get help with APA Style

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APA Style Citation Guide, 7th ed - Nursing & Health Sciences
Guide from Langara Library using specific examples from nursing and health sciences.
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In-person and online writing assistance from the Langara Writing Centre.

These sources from the APA provide extensive, in-depth information:

APA Style website from the APA has extensive freely available resources, including Style and Grammar Guidelines and Instructional Aids. These include reference and in-text examples, sample papers, and much more.
APA Style Blog is the official companion to the APA Publication Manual, 7th edition. This free website offers weekly posts and updates, extensive examples and thorough explanations. Excellent resource for more nuanced questions about APA Style.
Citing Works in Text Using 7th Edition APA Style (Video presentation, 1 hour)
Answers common questions and provides in-depth coverage of in-text citing. Skim the presentation to find useful tips, such as when to use parenthetical citation and when to use narrative citation (at 15:27 minutes).

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF 76.7 P83 2020
Available in the Library in print, the Publication Manual of the APA, 7th edition is the official source for APA Style. The 7th edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect best practices in scholarly writing and publishing.

APA Style: Sample Papers
Includes:
- an annotated student sample paper and
- a Heading Levels Template that shows how to use heading levels in an APA Style student paper.

ZoteroBib
Free, open source web-based tool from Zotero that helps you create a citation or a reference list in APA Style (or another style).
- Easy and intuitive to use, and does not require an account.
- Use to create one-off References list for a paper or assignment.
- Remember to double-check your citations for machine-generated errors.
- Generally reliable for journal articles but less so for websites.
- See the FAQs for more info.
Zotero
Free open source citation management software available for Windows, Mac, Linux and mobile. Good for building a research library to support collaboration and longer term or multiple projects. Creating a Zotero account allows you to sync devices and use the Group/Sharing feature. See the Zotero Quick start guide.