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New! Quizzes in the Mastering APA Style Student Workbook

By Chelsea Lee

September 14, 2022

By using this interactive workbook in conjunction with their APA Style manual, students of APA Style will soon be on their way to becoming APA Style experts!

How to cite an untitled music album reference

By A. Adams

July 13, 2022

Before you attempt to create a reference list entry for a music album in your paper, fact-check the recording artist or group’s discography to ensure the title of the album—or the lack of one—is accurate.

How to capitalize medication names

By Hannah Greenbaum

June 15, 2022

This blog post provides information on the APA Style capitalization guidelines for writing about medications.

Key takeaways from the Psi Chi webinar So You Need to Write a Literature Review

By Hannah Greenbaum and Chelsea Lee

April 19, 2022

This blog post describes key tasks in writing an effective literature review and provides strategies for approaching those tasks.

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How to cite a work with a nonrecoverable source

By A. Adams

March 16, 2022

In most cases, nonrecoverable sources such as personal emails, nonarchived social media livestreams (or deleted and unarchived social media posts), classroom lectures, unrecorded webinars or presentations, and intranet sources should be cited only in the text as personal communications.

How to alphabetize “a,” “an,” and “the” in APA Style references

By Timothy McAdoo

February 23, 2022

One question we receive from time to time is how to alphabetize reference list entries starting with “a,” “an,” or “the,” and we’re here to help.

Three key things you should know about APA’s new inclusive language guidelines

By Maysa Akbar, PhD, ABPP

February 9, 2022

If you are working to champion equity, diversity, and inclusion in the spaces that you learn, teach, work, or conduct research, these guidelines are for you.

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Happy 2022, APA Stylers!

By A. Adams

January 12, 2022

This blog post is dedicated to our awesome APA Style users. You can use the many resources on our website to help you master APA Style and improve your scholarly writing.