What is APA?
APA stands for the American Psychological Association--an organization for professionals in psychology. APA style is a set of rules commonly used for formatting assignments and citing references in psychology, sociology, health sciences, and other courses in the sciences.
Right now, the APA manual is on its 7th edition. This means that the formatting within APA style has been updated 6 times and is thus on its 7th version. Most citation styles update every few years, so make sure you are always using the most recent edition.
For more in-depth help we recommend visiting our APA Style Guide.
Just like any other citation style, APA style consists of 3 components:
Please visit the APA Style Guide to learn more about NLC's expectations for each component.
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This guide is based on the APA manual (7th ed),published 2019.
For an electronic or physical copy of the manual, go to www.apastyle.apa.org |