General Resources
- Annotated Sample Student PaperA sample paper provided by APA. For every style rule, there is a comment highlighted in the paper that tells you where to find the discussion of the rule in the APA Style Manual.
- Annotated Sample Professional PaperA sample paper provided by APA. For every style rule, there is a comment highlighted in the paper that tells you where to find the discussion of the rule in the APA Style Manual.
- APA 6th/7th Comparison ChartComparison chart regarding changes to APA style from 6th to 7th edition. Created by Carrie Forbes, East Carolina University Library.
- APA Style WebsiteAs part of our Style and Grammar Guidelines, we explain the basics of paper format, grammar, punctuation, in-text citations, references, bias-free language, and more.
Much of what you used to find on the sixth edition blog, you can now find on the APA Style website. - APA Style: Tutorials & WebinarsTutorials and webinars created and provided by APA Style.
- APA Style BlogThe blog will be a place for the APA Style team to explore the nuances of style guidelines and to provide insights on updates in the seventh edition. For example, the website (and the Publication Manual —see Section 9.29) will tell you that a book reference no longer requires the publisher location, and a blog post will explain why we decided to omit publisher location from book references. We will also use the APA Style blog to make announcements about APA Style—for example, to inform you of new products or to share updates to the style as they are needed over time.
- Academic Writer This link opens in a new windowAcademic Writer (formerly APA Style CENTRAL) combines learning and teaching tools, writing and content processing technology, and full integration of APA's Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Slated to transition to 7th edition updates in August 2020.
- CrossRefSearch the metadata of journal articles, books, standards, datasets & more
- Owl Purdue APA Formatting & Style Guide PowerPointPowerPoint highlighting APA formatting and styling
- Excelsior Online Writing LabExcelsior University's Writing Lab covers various aspects of APA Style including in-text citations, references, formatting guide, writing style, headings, and more.
Citation Managers
Web-based citation managers that allow you to import references from text files, web sites or online databases.
- EndNoteEndNote Online is cloud based and requires an Internet connection for use.
- RefworksNo cost for USC students, faculty and staff. RefWorks is a web-based citation manager that helps you collect, manage and organize citations of journal articles, books and other materials and allows you to create in-text citations and reference lists in APA.
- MendeleyAvailable on the web and software can be downloaded to laptop/desktop, organize references by folders and tags, creates bibliographies and has a plug-in for creating in-text citations, has dedicated apps for mobile devices.
- ZoteroZotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.