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Welcome to the Alverno Library's Wiki for Citing Sources!

 

This page provides information on upcoming library workshops and links to handouts, books, and websites that will help you understand how to cite sources using the APA (American Psychological Association) citation style.

 

For resources on citing using other citation styles, please access these pages:

 

Chicago Citation Style

MLA Citation Style

 

Sample APA Paper

Click to download a sample APA paper (OWL at Purdue).

 

Workshops

All sessions are held in the Library Computer Classroom (LA210).  No advanced registration is required.  Students are welcome to bring pieces to cite. 

 

The last workshop of the semester is on Thursday, November 19 - 6:00-7:00 p.m.

 

Handouts

Citing Electronic Resources

Citing Print Resources

Citing Newer and Uncommon Electronic Media

Creating Hanging Indents in Microsoft Word

 

Websites

Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 6th Edition) - A very good website!

This site from Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) is a helpful guide to using APA style. The site’s best feature is its inclusion of many examples: formatting a paper, in text citations, and creating a Reference List.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html 

 

Citation Machine

An interactive Internet tool which generates citations in standard MLA, APA and Chicago formats. Citations are produced from a Web form that can be completed with information for a resource type selected from a list of print and electronic resources.

http://citationmachine.net/

 

Online! Citation Styles

This site, by A. Harnack and E. Kleppinger, features the MLA, APA, Chicago and CBE styles.

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

 

Research & Documentation Online

An excellent resource from Bedford/St. Martin's publisher. This site offers links to documentation information for MLA, APA, Chicago and CBE. It is organized by major discipline area. Clicking on the major discipline, the user receives an overview to conducting research in that area. The site also offers worthwhile links to scholarly Internet resources. A glossary of library and Internet terms is also available through this site at the far left side of the page.

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc/default.htm

 

 

Alverno Library Books (click the link to find how to locate each item)

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition)

http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b1801377~S0 

 

Concise rules of APA style (6th edition)

http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b1801373~S0 

 

Mastering APA style: Student's workbook and training guide / American Psychological Association

http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b1802544~S0

 

Mastering APA style: Instructor's resource guide

http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b1801374~S0

 

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition)

http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b1480605~S0 

 

Concise rules of APA style

http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b1711239~S0 

 

APA style guide to electronic references

http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b1769857~S0  

 

The Wadsworth Guide to Research

http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b1802834~S0

 

MLA handbook for writers of research papers / Joseph Gibaldi

http://topcat.switchinc.org/record=b1559819~S0