Website: Psychology: APA Citation Style

APA

APA is the citation style of the American Psychological Association. It is widely used in the social and behavioral sciences.

There are two parts to every APA citation:

an in-text citation for every source quoted or paraphrased; and
a complete citation in an alphabetized reference list at the end of the paper.

APA Resources

The Concise APA Handbook by Paul Chamness Iida(Author); American Psychological Association.
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2020
Explains the basics of APA in simple, easy-to-understand language. Includes practical examples with the concept of secondary research writing, presented in non-technical terms with images and step-by-step instructions.
APA Guidelines by Thomas Smith
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2015
A quick reference handy guide to APA including rules of punctuation, reference citation, structure and format.

What’s the Point of APA Style? Relevance of a Writing Style to Life After Graduation
APA Style helps students develop many communication skills relevant to life after graduation. In this webinar, the APA Style team will explore how students’ buy-in can increase by demonstrating how learning and using a writing style will help students in any career they pursue.

Literature Mapping

Literature mapping (related to Concept mapping) is a way to identify academic articles by exploring connections between the literature. Publications can be linked by citations, authors, funders, keywords, and other means. These connections can be realized by the use of free browser-based tools like the ones listed below

► Connected Papers

► L itMaps

► Open Knowledge Maps

► Citation Gecko