This document provides guidance on writing and citing sources using APA style. It discusses the writing process and using the writing lab and library for assistance. It explains that APA style helps avoid plagiarism through uniform formatting and organizing ideas. The document reviews what constitutes plagiarism and then covers APA layout, in-text citations, paraphrasing, quotations, and the basic formats for citations of different source types like books, websites, journals, and company profiles. Examples are provided and accessing citation management tools like NoodleTools is described.

1. WRITING AND
CITATION HELP

2. Introductions
 Who we are
 What services we provide for your paper

3. Writing Process
 View APA videos
 Come to the Writing Lab for assistance
multiple times for assistance
 Come to the Library for specific APA citation
questions

4. Why Use APA Style
 Plagiarism
 Uniformity
 Organizes your paper

5. Plagiarism
 What constitutes plagiarism
 Submitting an assignment written by someone
else
 Failing to cite information
 Failure to use quotation marks when appropriate
 Close and extended paraphrasing of another

6. APA LAYOUT

7. APA Help Tab

8. Open APA Template

9. Set up the Basic Elements

10. IN TEXT CITATIONS

11. In Text Citation
 How in text citation helps you avoid plagiarism
 Anything appearing as an in text citation
should appear in the reference list as well

12. Basic Format of In Text
Citations
 (Author or first element of your citation,
publication year)

13. Variations
 Format
 Multiple Authors
 Using the Same Author and Date Multiple
Times
 Missing Information

14. Paraphrasing

15. Short Quotations

16. Block Quotations

17. APA CITATIONS

18. Basic Layout of Citations
 References
 Author. (Date). Title of work. Publisher/Retrieval
data.

19. Variations
 Format
 Multiple Authors
 Using the Same Author and Date Multiple
Times
 Missing Information

20. Different Formats
 Books
 Newspapers
 Magazines
 Journals
 Profiles
 Reports
 Websites
 Laws and Court Cases

21. Examples
 How to use the examples page

22. Sign on to NoodleTools

23. Citing a Book
 Print Book
 eBook

24. Citing a Website
 Company Website

25. Citing a SEC Filing

26. Database Retrieval Statements
 DOI
 The source not the database

27. Magazines

28. Journals

29. Company Profiles
 Hoover’s

30. Export Results

31. QUESTIONS