The APA site has useful examples and tutorials on how to cite your sources and how to format your paper. The Purdue OWL APA Style Guide provides helpful instructions on formatting in APA. The tutors at the Mizzou Writing Center can give you assistance on your writing as well as your references.
Copies of the APA Publication Manual book are available at the Health Sciences Library, Ellis Library, and the Journalism Library (see link below).
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In-text citations are the brief citations you include within the body of your paper. Each in-text citations should have a corresponding full reference in the References section at the end of your paper. Here are some basic examples for journal articles.
Basic format: (Author, Year)
(Bursztyn, 2019)
(Farhadian et al., 2021)
The References section lists all the sources you cited in your paper. Each reference should provide enough information for readers to locate the original source. Here is the basic format for journal articles:
Basic format: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. https://doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy
Bursztyn, M. (2019). Daytime napping masks dipping. American Journal of Hypertension, 32(7),e1. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpz051.
Farhadian, N., Khazaie, H., Nami, M., Khazaie, S. (2021). The role of daytime napping in declarative memory performance: A systematic review. Sleep Medicine, 84,134-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2021.05.019
For more examples and detailed guidelines, refer to the APA Publication Manual or the Purdue OWL website.
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