Hiram College Library: Nursing: APA Style Resources & Saving Links

APA Style

APA Citation Style Resources

APA Style 7th edition Quick Guide (Shippensburg University Library)
A quick guide to APA 7th edition formatting

APA Style Guide: Figures
Any visual item (images, graphs, charts, etc.) are considered figures and must be added to your paper in a specific format. The APA Style Guide details how to correctly label and format your figures.

APA 7 Template
A template document for APA 7th edition that you can use instead of the iPad's standard APA 6th edition template

APA Formatting and Style Guide - OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue
Excelsior Online Writing Lab: APA References
How to document sources at the end of your paper.
Sample APA Paper - Purdue OWL

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Concise Guide to APA Style by American Psychological Association Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: 808.06615 Con 2020
ISBN: 9781433832734
Publication Date: 2019-12-01
Concise Guide to APA Style, Seventh Edition is the official APA Style resource for students. Designed specifically for undergraduate writing, this easy-to-use pocket guide is adapted from the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Basics of APA Tutorials
Shows beginning users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples. Provided by the APA.
Examining APA Citations (7th ed.)
An interactive tutorial that examines the elements of APA citations. Includes a brief quiz and resources for further exploration. Presented by the Virginia Tech Libraries.
CrossRef
Use CrossRef to look up Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for APA citations.
APA Style and Grammar Guidelines
Provides information about formatting your paper, using proper grammar and language, and setting up tables and figures. From the APA.
APA Style Citation information - Shippensburg University
This guide provides information for citing sources in the APA style, most commonly used in the social sciences. You'll find sample formatting information for creating in-text citations and reference entries.
Each example also cites the page number from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th Edition where you can find more information for developing your citations.

I have an article citation - now what? (APA Style)

If you already have a citation from a bibliography or other source, you have everything you need to find the article if the library owns it!

First identify the title of the journal or the title of the article.

Example:
Scruton, R. (1996). The eclipse of listening. The New Criterion, 15(3), 5–13.
In the example above:

The New Criterion is the title of the journal.
The eclipse of listening is the article title.
Scruton, R. is the author's name.
You know that the title is a journal article because the volume is typically listed in a journal citation and a book citation usually has a publisher name.

Then find the article:

Use the Hiram College "Finding Journals" search to find journals by title. Then use the year, volume, and page number to narrow down your search.
Use OneSource to search for articles by article title.
Verify that the information is correct, and view the article if it is available, or request it via Interlibrary Loan if it is not.
Remember to save the link to the article by using a "Permalink."

Need a little more practice identifying the parts of a citation? The Virginia Tech University Libraries Citation Tutorial can help!

Examining APA Citations (7th ed.)
An interactive tutorial that examines the elements of APA citations. Includes a brief quiz and resources for further exploration. Presented by the Virginia Tech Libraries.

Watch this video to review the ways to locate a journal article when you have a citation!

Saving Links for Citations (Permalinks)

Want to save that article you found so that you can come back to it? Did you find a great book and want to save the link so you can pick it up later? Be sure to use a permalink or stable URL. Just copying and pasting from the address bar of your browser will not allow you to get back to your item again, unfortunately. (Sorry - it's an annoying thing with library sources.)

In the library catalog, there is a link for a "Permalink to this Record" just above the box with the item's location. Copy that URL to save it.
For EBSCO databases (Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, etc.), you must go into the article and select the Permalink. Instructions are available here from Adelphi University.
Nexis Uni is a little less obvious, but instructions are available here.
JSTOR instructions.

If you are unsure whether you have found a permalink, always note the title, author, journal title (if applicable), date of publication, and where you found the source so that you can ask a librarian for help. With those pieces of information, a librarian can usually find the article again with you.