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Citation Styles

APA Style

The APA Style was developed by the American Psychological Association and was originally used in psychology and the social sciences. It is also used in health, nursing, life sciences, and engineering. APA style uses brief in-text citations that refer to an alphabetical list of references appearing at the end of the work.

APA: Anatomy of an Electronic Journal Citation

  • Only first word in article title should be capitalized.
  • Journal title and volume number should be in italics.

APA

Academic Writer (APA Style Central)

How To Use Academic Writer

Citing Census Information

U. S. Census Bureau. (2018). Demographic and Housing Estimates, 2014-2018 American Community Survey
   5-Year Data Profile
. Retrieved from https://census.gov/acs/www/data/data-tables-and-tools/data-profiles

Citation Tools

    NoodleTools

This research platform offers tools for note-taking, outlining, citation, document archiving/annotation and collaborative research and writing. You will need to create a personal account to save your work. 

Zotero

This platform offers tools that assist with collecting, organizing and citing research as well as for collaborative research and writing. You will need to create a personal account to save your work.