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Helpful Links on APA Style

APA Style Tutorial
This tutorial is designed for writers new to APA Style. Learn the basics of seventh edition APA Style, including paper elements, format, and organization; academic writing style; grammar and usage; bias-free language; mechanics of style; tables and figures; in-text citations, paraphrasing, and quotations; and reference list format and order.
Purdue OWL APA Style Guide
These resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the References page as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.
APA Sample Paper
Will help you get an idea of what your finished APA style paper should look like.

Helpful Links on MLA Style

Purdue OWL MLA Style Guide
These resources will help you learn how to use the Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citations and Works Cited pages as well as MLA sample papers, slide presentations, and the MLA classroom poster.
MLA Sample Paper
Will help you get an idea of what your finished MLA style paper should look like.

APA and MLA Guide Books Available in the Lewis Library

A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker
Call Number: PE1408 .H26 2010
Rules for Writers by Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers, and Kimberli Huster
Call Number: PE1408 .H277 2019
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: REF BF76.7 .P83 2010
MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: LB2369 .M52 2021
The ninth edition of the MLA Handbook is a textbook and reference guide that offers guidance on creating works-cited-list entries in MLA style using the template of core elements. It features advice on punctuation, grammar, inclusive language, formatting research papers, and in-text citations. Includes an appendix of sample works-cited-list entries, illustrations, and an index

Writing Help at NCCC

If you need help with the writing your paper including citations, you can get tutor writing assistance assistance through NCCC's Academic Center for Excellence (ACE). These tutors can help you in any step of the writing process, can review your paper, and assist your with citation styles if you are not familiar. To look at the tutor schedule and book a writing tutor for a Zoom session, look toward the bottom of this page.

In addition, you can get virtual writing help in the evenings through the STAR-NY program.

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BIO 246: Radiation Biology/Protection - Michele Burke: Writing and Citation Help

Helpful Links on APA Style

Helpful Links on MLA Style

Guide for All Major Citation Styles

APA and MLA Guide Books Available in the Lewis Library

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