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Introduction to APA

The APA citation style is primarily used by in the fields of business, social sciences, health, and education.

The official guide is published by the American Psychological Association.

Please visit What's new in APA 7th? for a summary of the differences between 6th and 7th editions.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th Edition
The official handbook for APA style.

In the APA Style and Grammar Guidelines you will find information on other formatting than in-text citations and bibliography. For example formatting for tables and figures.

Getting Started with APA referencing

This guide offers examples of how to cite sources in your text body and how to include them in your reference list.
All examples follow the APA style of academic referencing. This style is commonly used both in the social sciences in general and at CBS in particular.

Why should I reference?

Referencing is important in academic writing and an essential part of any assignment as it:

allows you to acknowledge your sources
gives academic credibility to your work
demonstrates your knowledge of a subject area
prevents accusations of plagiarism

What should I reference?

You should always reference a source when:

using a direct quote
summarizing a theory
discussing someone else's opinion
using case studies
quoting statistics or visual data
but not when stating your own opinion, observation or experience (unless you are recycling parts of a previously assessed paper)

Some CBS programmes may not follow the APA style - Please check out the guidelines for YOUR programme

Guide Info

This guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
This guide was adapted and inspired from the APA 7th Edition guide at Santa Fe College Library and Charleston Southern University Library. Thanks to Diana Matthews and Joe Fox for permission to use their work.