| The majority of degree programs in IWU's College of
Adult & Professional Studies use the American
Psychological Association's (APA) style guide for
formatting research papers and citing referenced works.
The following resources give recommendations on APA
format. Note that external sites are not managed by IWU
and accuracy of the information is not guaranteed.
Current Students
Students using the IWU APA Guide; Concise Rules
of APA Style, 6th ed.; or Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association,
6th ed. should download the APA
6e Guide.
Other APA 6th ed. Helps:
APA Style Templates Some
Available for Purchase
(Note: These
can assist with writing in APA format, but all software
is subject to error; be sure to check your output
against official APA rules and the APA edition your
class is using.)
- citations2go - APA 6th ed.
references formatting tool (Android 2.1 and up
required)
- KnightCite (Provided by Hekman
Library, Calvin College) - When you first connect, be
sure to select APA as your Citation Style, then select
the format that you are trying to cite.
- Reference
Point Software - templates for common word
processing programs
- Slate
Citation Machine - free from the Landmark Project;
assists with citation creation. (Tip: check
for correct format, i.e. capitalization of initial
word of a title but no capitalization of subsequent
words).
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