Writing & Reasoning (COR1100) Learning Kit: Citation Help

APA Citation Style Guides

Here are 3 useful guides that can help you craft your APA citations. Use our How do I use APA Citation Style guide as your first check:

Besides, in the eLearn course LIB001 – Library Research Skills, you are introduced to the learning activity Avoiding Plagiarism through the APA Style. Review it on your LIB001 eLearn course and develop the necessary academic awareness to know about plagiarism and the skills to avoid it by using citation and reference techniques.

Sample APA 7th ed. Student Paper

Purdue Online Writing Lab provides a Sample APA 7th ed. Student Paper that specifies different formatting conventions for student papers, including 4 major paper sections (title page, abstract, main body, and references), examples of in-text citations (parenthetical/narrative/quotation styles), and an example of the reference list specifying its formatting rules.

Tools to Help You Cite

These tools provide algorithm generated citations, which are NOT guaranteed to be 100% accurate and sometimes have missing citation components. So, please do your due diligence to manually check through the generated citations against the APA Citation Style Guides mentioned above!

• Look out for 'Cite' or 'Cite It' on the Library Search, Google Scholar, and some publisher websites/databases:

• Use the free online bibliography generator ZoteroBib https://zbib.org/. It is best used for journal articles and other common source types:

• Advanced: Use the free citation management software Zotero. Refer to our research guide Zotero: Citation Management Software for more information or contact your Librarian for help.

• Use Turnitin Draft Coach to check for similarity and gain instant feedback on citations and grammar. Follow these steps:

Step 1: Go to Microsoft Word (web version): https://www.microsoft365.com/ (Note that this feature is currently only available on MS Word web!)

Step 2: Open a blank Word document

Step 3: Copy and paste your assignment into the blank document (Note that one document can only run through Turnitin Draft Coach three times. You will need to use a new blank document to do the checks if you'd wish to have more runs!)

Step 4: Go to the 'Turnitin' tab and click 'Draft Coach'

Step 5: Click 'Get Feedback Now' to view the check results