Publication Manual (OFFICIAL) 7th Edition of the American Psychological Association
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Look at the book! Publication Manual of the APA. Use the index. (For example, if you find an article with an article number instead of page numbers, look up Article Number in the index.) The APA Style website has a lot of information, too.
The Purdue OWL APA Guide has lots of good examples. Ignore the pop-up ads and the auto-generator.
Use caution when working with automatic citation generators. The ones within databases (like CINAHL or PubMed) are often closer to correct than the ones on the open web.
(Sultanoğlu, H. et al., 2022)
(Sultanoğlu, H. et al., 2022, p. 127) for an exact quote
Sultanoğlu, H., Demir, M. C., & Boğan, M. (2022). Trends in geriatric trauma emergency department admissions during COVID-19. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 29(3), 125–130. https://doi.org/10.1097/jtn.0000000000000652
Citing or documenting the sources used in your research serves two purposes: (1) it gives proper credit to the authors of the materials you used, and (2) it allows those who are reading your work to locate the sources that you have listed as references.
Representing the work of others as your own is plagiarism. See Texas Lutheran University's discussion of "Academic Honesty & Plagiarism" (Student Handbook, p. 6).
Use a standard bibliographic citation style approved by your professor.
Visit these pages for citation resources:
Please see this LibGuide for further information and tips.
A citation is a way of giving credit to individuals for their creative and intellectual works that you utilized to support your research. It can also be used to locate particular sources and avoid plagiarism. Typically, a citation can include the author's name, date, location of the publishing company, journal title, or DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
A citation style dictates the information necessary for a citation and how the information is ordered, as well as punctuation and other formatting. Commonly used styles include American Psychological Association (APA), Modern Language Association (MLA) and Chicago.
Blumberg Memorial Library has links to many citation resources including style guides, bibliographic citation managers and citation generators here.
These three bibliographic citation managers are considered robust enough for dissertations:
Here is a Comparison of Citation Managers: Chart from John Hopkins University of Medicine.