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Social Work Macro Research in Organization, Community, and Policy Arenas: SSWG 8107

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APA Style

Citing with APA Basics Tutorial

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In this self-paced online tutorial, learn how to use and format a citation in APA style.

Citing Data

Whatever citation style is used, the essential elements of a data citation are:

  • Title
  • Author (person who collected the data)
  • Date (Year)
  • Publisher/Distributor
  • Version
  • Persistent identifier (such as the Digital Object Identifier, Uniform Resource Name URN, or Handle System)

Citation Managers

Citation managers save time and make it easy to:

  • Gather citations from databases and websites
  • Edit, organize, and search citations
  • Output citations in many formats (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)

Citation managers integrate with word-processing programs for inputting in-text citations and generating the corresponding bibliographies.

Temple supports EndNote/EndNote Web, Mendeley, and Zotero.