LibGuides: Education Resources for Doctoral Research: APA and citation management tools

APA slides

EDFN 5062 / 6030 APA slides

APA 7th edition

APA 7th ed. Quick Guide
Cal State LA Library's overview of the in-text citations and references for some of the most common source types.

Excelsior College OWL- APA Guide
General formatting rules and examples from the 7th and 6th editions.
Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab is the go-to trusted resource for quick and easy to understand information on writing style and citation.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th edition) by American Psychological Association
Call Number: Level 1 Service Desk BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style.

Citation Management Tools

Below you will find a list of citation managers, include RefWorks and EndNote web which are paid for by the library. Citation managers are a great way to store, organize, and cite your references. At the bottom of the page, you'll find a citation manager comparison chart to help you choose the best manager for you.

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RefWorks - New is a reference management service that supports the needs of students, faculty and librarians. With an improved user experience, full-text management and collaboration features, RefWorks-New gives students and faculty a tool that enables a more efficient and reliable process for producing research papers.
The purpose of these tools is to simplify the process of documenting sources in a research paper, master thesis, or other project requiring references. Users can create and manage collections of references using a web browser, import references from a number of online databases, create bibliographies that can be inserted into word processing documents, shared among colleagues, and more.
To learn more about the new RefWorks, go to the New RefWorks Guide.

Refworks Help Guide
This guide walks you through the steps of creating a New or Legacy Refworks account, creating a bibliography, and provides links to tools you can use with Refworks.
Zotero
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research.
Mendeley
In addition to storing and organizing references, Mendeley offers a social research network, and tools to find funding and careers.

Tutorials & Additional Help

Academic Writer This link opens in a new window
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Academic Writer, a.k.a., APA Style CENTRAL, provides instruction on and tools for how to think and write like scholars. It provides the resources necessary to learn, research, write, and publish in APA Style.

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Education Resources for Doctoral Research

APA slides

APA 7th edition

Citation Management Tools

Tutorials & Additional Help