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HUS 204: Human Services Research: Writing & Citing

This guide will help you complete your research paper.

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.

Citation Generator

NoodleTools Express
Just need one or two quick citations? There's no need to subscribe -- simply generate them, then copy and paste what you need into your document.

Note: Citations are not saved and cannot be exported to a word processor using this version of the tool.

Citations

Citing your sources is important because:

It shows you've done research by looking up scholarly resources
It allows others to look up the sources you used to find the information
It prevents you from being accused of plagiarism

Citations may look different depending on what style is used, but they contain the same information. The standard elements include:

Author name(s)
Title (of book or article and journal)
Date of publication
Page numbers

Academic Center for Excellence

The Academic Center for Excellence offers academic coaching, tutoring, study groups, and workshops. Learn more here: http://niagaracc.suny.edu/ACE/

Books Available in the Lewis Library

Concise Rules of APA Style by American Psychological Association
Call Number: REF BF76.7 .C66 2005
A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker
Call Number: PE1408 .H26 2010
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: REF BF76.7 .P83 2010
Rules for Writers by Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers, and Kimberli Huster
Call Number: PE1408 .H277 2019
Writing with Style: APA Style Made Easy by Lenore T. Szuchman
Call Number: BF76.8 .S93 1998

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