Whenever you write a paper, you draw from existing sources of information. It is important to acknowledge those sources when you write your own paper. But how exactly do you write an acknowledgement of a source you incorporated into your paper? What does a source citation look like?
The following guide can help you write citations in the American Psyschological Association (APA) style. (And yes, the APA style is used by many different disciplines, not just psychology).
Citations consist of two elements:
Please see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association for further info. The library has one copy of the Manual in the Ready Reference section on the second floor of the library.
During the summer of 2009 the APA published the 6th edition of its Publication Manual. This revised edition embodies changes to multiple different citation formats -- citations for Internet-based media in particular, but other formats as well. Please see the first link below for theMeriam Library's guide to these changes.
In October of 2009 the APA released a document which details different typographical and citation errors included in the 6th edition of the Manual. These corrections have been incorporated into a second printing of the Publication Manual. The Meriam Library's copies of the Publication Manual are both from the second printing. As such the corrections outlined in this document are reflected in Meriam Library's copies of the Publication Manual.