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About this guide

This guide is a brief introduction to the American Psychological Association (APA) Style for references and citations. It includes basic information about the following:

How to format in-text citations
How to cite journal/magazine articles, books/book chapters; webpages; and online reports
How to format an APA paper using the Concise Guide to APA Style

Consult the guide or manual or the APA Style website for detailed standards and procedures.

The APA Style Website includes detailed information about Style and Grammar Guidelines as well as numerous Instructional Aids.

Publication Manuals in the Library

The BCHS Library has several copies of APA 7th Edition publication manuals on the Reserve shelf:

Concise Guide to APA Style by American Psychological Association Staff
ISBN: 9781433832734

Publication Date: 2019-12-01

The Concise Guide to APA Style is the official APA style resource for students. It is designed specifically for undergraduate writing.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
ISBN: 9781433832178

Publication Date: 2019-10-01

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is a more comprehensive and in depth resource for graduate students who are writing a dissertation or writing a manuscript for a professional publication.

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This guide was created by Andrea Dinkelman at the Bryan College of Health Sciences Library; it was modified from the APA 7th Ed. guide created by Tessa Withorn at the California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Library and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.