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 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

The Annotated Bibliographies page at Purdue OWL provides explanations of the form and sample annotations to help you create your own annotated bibliography.

 

HELPFUL VIDEOS

APA in Minutes 
A series of videos on creating APA citations for journal articles, websites, in-text citations, etc.

Examining Citations

How to Format Your APA 7th Edition Student Paper

OWL APA YouTube Playlist 


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APA
APA is a citation style created by The American Psychological Association and is published in their Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

 

 

Purdue OWL logo OWL APA Page 

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides Instructions for citing books, articles, electronic sources, and more in APA style.  See the column on the left of their page for forms of citations for different types of materials.

APA Sample PaperHere is a sample paper in APA style. Look it over closely and use the same formatting for your paper.

APA In-text Citations  Instructions for formatting in-text citations for short and long quotations, as well as paraphrasing and summaries.

APA Template

1. When you paste the citation into your document, a box will appear.  Under PASTE OPTIONS, select the third icon.
      

2. Edit the citation (you will need to italicize the title of the book or journal).

       

3. HANGING INDENT: highlight citation
   

 

4. Click on line spacing icon in menu (1) and select LINE SPACING OPTIONS (2).
     

5. Click the dropdown menu marked SPECIAL (1) and select HANGING INDENT (2).