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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association BF 76.7 .C66 2010 (Ref Desk Coll, , Educ Ref)
provides detailed guidelines for citing sources in written manuscripts. Originally developed by the American Psychological Association (APA), this style manual is used by many other disciplines besides psychology.
provides an online user-friendly, comprehensive guide for students that includes many examples of how to cite print and non-print sources in the most common writing styles, such as APA.