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Nursing EOF

Library guide to support the Nursing EOF program.

Using APA to Cite Sources

The following sources will provide you with the basics in using APA format. 

APA Formatting and Style Guide from Purdue's Online Writing Lab. Note especially the page on in-text citations to avoid plagiarism.

APA Style:  Style and Grammar Guidelines from the American Psychological Association includes information about everything from writing without bias to citing electronic resources.  

Tutorial: APA Citations 7th Edition
Quiz: APA Citations 7th Edition

APA Format in Word Files

Here are some templates to help you prepare papers with Microsoft Word in APA format.

 

If you are using Office 365 online, you can use official Microsoft templates:

https://templates.office.com/en-us/APA-style-paper-TM00002033

 

Here is a YouTube video from Colin Murphy, Ed.D., to help you set up an APA paper in Word 2016:

Instructions from Everglades University on making a Word 2010 template can be found at: https://eulibraries.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/apa_word_2010_template_instructions.docx

Here is a homemade template for Word 2010.  Please use with caution, although we did our best to avoid errors:

APA Template RLT.dotx

 

 

 

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