APA Style 6th and 7th Edition

APA (American Psychological Association) 7th edition:

• APA Guide at the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) a great site to help with APA formatting and citation rules
• APA Style website has lots of examples for citing social media, sample Word papers for students and much more help than they previously provided, including:
  • APA formatting checklist (concise) or (full version)
  • In-text citation checklist
  • Reference list guide
  • Sample paper templates for download
• Print copies of the official APA style guide ("Publication Manual of the APA") are located at the Information Desk and in the Reference Collection under call # BF76.7.P83 2020
• List of changes for students - an informal list of the most notable changes between APA 6th and 7th relevant to undergraduate students based on the parts of the manual that the librarians typically see students need to comply with for their papers
• More videos on APA style  (12 to 24 minutes each)
• How to use in-text citations (video)

This video shows the basics of creating a reference list:

The following video helps to explain how to format an APA paper but doesn't go into citations and references.

APA (American Psychological Association) 6th edition:

• APA Style Guide to Citing Electronic Resources (6th ed.)
• APA Style website 6th edition archive
• APA 6th Edition Guide at the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• APA 6th quick tutorial videos from Memorial University Newfoundland Libraries
• Publication Manual of the APA (print book) - the official guide to all APA 6th style rules. BF76.7.P83 in Reference and Information Desk
• APA 6th edition Citation Guide maintained by Simon Fraser University librarians - especially good for Canadian government publications
• Here is information on formatting in Word or Google Docs. Some of these tips may be useful for 7th edition as well.
  • Format your paper for APA 6th edition in Google Docs - YouTube video, about 7 minutes
  • Format your paper for APA 6th edition in MS Word, two recommended YouTube videos - 5-minute video, 19 minute video (much more detail including section headings)