COMM 4430: Media and Social Change
Most Popular Style Guides
The Department of Communication uses a number of different style guides. Be sure and ask your instructor which one you should use. The most popular style used in Communication is APA, below are some official APA resources, but again, be sure to double check with your instructor that this is the right citation style to use.
APA
How to format in APA style
Use the links below to find info on how to format references, in-text citations, or other parts of a paper in APA style.
Official APA style guidelines - Online
Use the links below for info on how to format in APA style. All of the links below take you to webpages on the APA Style website, a guide to APA formatting produced by the American Psychological Association.
- APA Style - 7th edition Reference Guide for Journal Articles, Books, and Edited Book ChaptersThis chart is wonderful. It gives the general "template" -- the order of the citation's parts, and how they're capitalized, italicized, and punctuated --- of an APA style reference for three common publication types: journal articles, books, and chapters in an edited book. Bookmark this link. You will use it over and over again.
- APA Style - In-Text CitationsInfo on how to create APA style in-text citations.
- APA Style - ReferencesInfo on how to create APA style reference list citations.
- APA Style - Style and Grammar GuidelinesA table of contents that links to info on the how to format in APA style the various parts of a paper.
Official APA style guides - Print books
These are the official APA style manuals produced by the American Psychological Association (APA). They are comprehensive. They are only available in print, and you can find copies for use in WMU Libraries.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by Call Number: Waldo Library 2 Hour Reserves BF76.7 .P83 2020; Waldo Library Reference, Non-circulating BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Publication Date: 2019-10-01The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style.
Concise Guide to APA Style by Call Number: Waldo Library Permanent Reserves, circulates for 7 days BF76.7 .C66 2020ISBN: 9781433832734Publication Date: 2019-12-01This is the official APA Style resource for students. Designed specifically for undergraduate writing, this easy-to-use pocket guide is adapted from the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
