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The official APA website.
Includes two annotated sample papers (a student sample paper and a professional sample paper) pulled directly from the Publication Manual , as well as sample student paper templates by paper type and sample professional paper templates by paper type.
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
Includes examples of in-text citations and references, as well as instructions for formatting them. It also includes basic APA paper formatting guidelines.
The official APA website.
Includes two annotated sample papers (a student sample paper and a professional sample paper) pulled directly from the Publication Manual , as well as sample student paper templates by paper type and sample professional paper templates by paper type.
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
In addition to showing different rules for using APA style, the Purdue OWL provides helpful visuals to demonstrate how different parts of your paper should look in APA format.