APA style is used by social science disciplines such as communication studies, economics, education, psychology, and sociology; it is also used by business and nursing.
APA style, created by the American Psychological Association, is a set of rules for formatting manuscripts, including research papers.
In APA, you must cite sources that you have paraphrased, quoted or otherwise used to write your research paper. Cite your sources in two places:
A reference generally has these four elements: author, date, title, and source. Each element answers a question and is listed in your citation in the following order:
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