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Parts of the APA Manual are reproduced for free on APA's Style Blog. Scroll down to the "Popular Style Guidelines" section for basic APA 7th edition guidance and sample "student" and "professional" papers.
This guide will introduce you to APA 7 citations, both for the References page of your paper and in-text citations. It is offered in multiple file formats below.
This guide will tell you exactly what to do if your resource is missing a citation element. Can't find the author, publication date, page numbers, or something else? Use this guide to find out what to do! This guide is offered in multiple formats below.
APA 7th edition recognizes two kinds of paper formats - student papers (undergraduate students) and professional research papers (graduate students and professionals). At Clackamas CC, you will use the student paper formatting conventions.
You don't have to format a paper from scratch! Download this APA-formatted document template as a Word document or Google document. Save it, erase the existing text, and type your text right into the template. Learn how to format a paper in APA format by reading the contents of the template. The References page has been formatted with hanging indents.
Google Doc template to save a copy of and type into. This template is "View Only" - not editable. To edit it, save a copy to your Google Drive. Includes tips on how to format a paper in APA. Last updated Feb. 2020.
Microsoft Word document template to save a copy of and type into. To edit it, save a copy to your desktop or Clackamas Office 365 account. Includes tips on how to format a paper in APA. Last updated Feb. 2020.
If you need this template in Pages, email reference@clackamas.eduThis sample student paper includes descriptions of indentations, margins, headers, and other formatting conventions (APA, 2020).
APA's site answers all the basic questions about APA 7th edition and gives sample "student" and "professional" papers. This will help you with document format, in-text citations, the References list, and various stylistics.