APA Citation Style
APA Citation Style was created by the American Psychological Association and is most commonly used by researchers in the social sciences. In APA Citation Style you must cite your sources in the body of the paper you are writing using parenthetical citations and at the end of your paper in a Reference List.
APA Publication Manual
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the definitive source for details on citing references in APA Citation Style. There are several copies available through the UH Libraries and one is always available at the M.D. Anderson Library Service Desk.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by
The official source for APA Style.
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Additional APA Style Resources
If you don't have a copy of the APA Publication Manual and can't get to the UH Libraries to borrow a copy, there are lots of online resources available to help you put together in-text citations and a reference list in APA Citation Style.
- APA Style (by Trinity University)Provides basic guidelines and examples for citing electronic resources. Examples of how to do in-text citations are on the last page.
- APA Style HelpContains answers to commonly asked questions as well as an online video tutorial that covers the basic rules of APA style.
- The Online Writing Lab at Purdue: APA Style GuideContains information on creating in-text citations, reference lists, and more.
What is a DOI?
APA Citation Style includes the DOI of journal articles in its Reference List citations. DOI stands for "Digital Object Identifier." It is a unique alphanumeric string that is assigned to an article that is available online such as: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1015962107. You'll often find it at the end of an article citation or in the information about the article in your search results.