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APA Style refers to guidelines developed by the American Psychological Association for authors. The APA style uses an author-date system of citation, in which brief citations within the text direct the reader to the corresponding entries in the reference list at the end of the paper.
For more information, please see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association which is available at the Library Reference desk.
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Created by Memorial University Librarians, these videos describe in detai, l the basics of referencing sources using APA and how to format your paper in APA Style.
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