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Psychology Resources: APA Style

APA Style Guide

APA Online

APA Frequently Asked Questions

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is copying, closely copying, or borrowing someone's language, thoughts, ideas, or other creative expressions without giving them credit for it. The consequences of plagiarism range from bad grades to college expulsion to criminal prosecution. To avoid plagiarism always give credit to the source.

Welcome to APA

This guide is designed to offer assistance with using APA citation style. The American Psychological Association (APA) citation style guide is commonly used for avoiding plagiarism in research papers. It is important to cite the information that you use during your research. No matter where you find the information, from a book, journal, magazine, newspaper, interview or the internet, you must give the author credit for using his or her work and ideas. Remember: When in doubt, cite! For additional assistance, please see a librarian at the reference desk.

Learning APA

The Library's APA Citation Style In Brief is a printable handbook that you use to assist with correcting formatting citations. A print copy can also be obtained at the reference desk.