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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. The entries in this list provide the full publication information for the sources used for the paper, allowing readers to trace these sources for their own use.
For more information, please see the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association which is available in the Library Reference collection.
You can also find more information, including examples of citations, in our library Help files.
This is a great site for learning more about formating citations. There are lots of examples of different kinds of citations, like ones for books and articles or webpages.