Research Guides: Emergent Media Production: MSP 4741 / 8741: Cite Sources

APA Style

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Print book)
Official printed style guide for APA Style, 7th edition. APA also publishes digital content on their website:
APA References essential concepts
APA References examples
Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
Style and Grammar Guidelines
Formatting Checklist
All Guides

Purdue OWL APA 7 Style Guide
Well-regarded guide to APA 7 from Purdue University Writing Center. Links to the Introduction, Workshop and APA Formatting and Style Guide gives many samples.
More APA Style guidebooks
Temple Libraries has numerous other discipline-specific and content-specific guidebooks for writing and citing using APA Style. APA Style 7th edition came out in October 2019. Guidebooks published prior to 2019 will cover 6th edition.
Zotero: Collect & Organize Your Citations
Free tool to capture, download, organize, annotate, cite, and share citations, articles, ebooks, and other digital files. Easily switch from APA to other styles.
Zotero Samples for APA Styles
This research guide enables you to compare your Zotero Info Tab with the Zotero sample for a citation style (APA and Chicago) to check that you have all the necessary bibliographic information or metadata for the reference type.
ZoteroBib
A quick citation generator from the makers of Zotero citation manager. ZoteroBib helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software. Formatting options include APA style.

Citation Generator & Organization Tools

Use any of these citation generators to quickly create citations.

Use with caution, though. Not all are 100% accurate. Some miss finer details like capitalization or punctuation. Proof the final citations according to a style manual.

Zotero
Zotero is a free desktop application that downloads to your computer, helping you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
Mendeley
Mendeley is a desktop and web-based citation manager and academic social network.

Help from Purdue OWL

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) contains writing resources and instructional materials focused on the writing process, academic writing, mechanics, grammar, punctuation, and more.

 The Purdue OWL has been the go-to resource for researchers and librarians for many years. It is still a good resource despite the advertisements (they partnered with Chegg).