Policy Studies: APA Citation

• Purdue OWL: APA Style

  APA Style references and paper formatting. Also provides sample papers. Use navigation on the left to find the type of source you are trying to cite.
• APA Style Essentials (Degelman)

  Nice overview of APA basics - how to set up a paper, in-text citations, reference list, and more.
• APA Style (Official site)

  Find quick answers on references and formatting as well as an APA citation blog.
• Citing Social Media: APA

  Info on citing social media sources from the APA Style blog

Please note that while citation creators can be helpful and time-saving, they are nevertheless unreliable: Check your citations for correct formatting with one of the APA citation guides listed above.

Son of Citation Machine - Does both in-text and reference list citations.

KnightCite - Provides reference list citations.

BibMe - Great one for websites because it does it for you if you put in the URL!

Mendeley - In addition to creating citations, this tool provides you a place to store all your research articles and other information.

Zotero - In addition to creating citations, Zotero also provides storage for articles and other information.