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This official profile is maintained by experts at the American Psychological Association. We share tips about how to format a paper, create APA Style references in seventh edition (#APA7), write with concise and bias-free language, and more.

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If you will be learning and using #APAStyle for the first time this semester, don't miss our free tutorial!

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#APAguide #APA7

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Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style
January 20, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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How do you cite Dr. King's I Have a Dream speech?

See our post on the #APAStyle blog.

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/blog/cite-sp...

#MLKDay #MLK
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January 20, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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When writing about writing (i.e., writing about letters, words, phrases, sentences, and so forth), careful formatting helps the reader understand your meaning. In this week's FAQ, we address the question of how to format letters or words (use quotation marks).

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APA Style FAQ: What formatting should I use when writing about letters or words? A: Use quotation marks "to refer to a letter, word, phrase, or sentence as a linguistic example or as itself." This guideline is from Publication Manual (7th ed.) Section 6.7. Examples: the letter "e" We highlighted the words "yes" and no." and The word "Monday" begins with the letter "M."
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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When creating a reference to a book or book chapter, the format depends on whether the book is an authored or an edited book. This post includes details and examples of each:
🔗 apastyle.apa.org/blog/book-ch...

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#CiteYourSources #APA7 #APAreferences #CitingBooks
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January 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Happy New Year!

As we plan 2026 posts for the #APAStyle blog and new handouts and guides, we'd love your input!

❓ Which have been the most useful?
❓ What topics would you like us to cover more?

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January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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"However, ..." and many other options for indicating contrast are given in our Transitions Guide, available on our Handouts and Guides page.

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#AcademicWriting #APA7 #APAStyle
APA Style 7th Edition Transitions Guide
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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🔗 Part 1: apastyle.apa.org/blog/cite-ge...

🔗 Part 2: apastyle.apa.org/blog/cite-ge...

🔗 Part 3: apastyle.apa.org/blog/cite-ge...

#CitingAI #CiteAI #GenerativeAI #GenAI #APA7 #APAStyle

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December 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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In this week's post on the APA Style blog, we discuss predatory journals and journal hijacking. This post includes practical tips for students to identify and thus avoid citing articles from such journals.

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#PredatoryJournals #HigherEd #CiteYourSources #APA7
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December 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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We are in Washington, DC, this weekend for the National Council for the Social Studies annual convention! @socialstudies.org

Stop by Booth 711 to say hello and chat about all things #APAStyle #APA7 #NCSS25 #TeachingAPAStyle
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December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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"APA Style JARS were developed with the goal of making psychological science more transparent and rigorous. The reporting standards are freely accessible online and offer guidance on the information that should be included in a scientific manuscript."

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December 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Our final tips in the teaching on-the-go series are about how to check one's work. We provide an #APAStyle student paper checklist and recommend an activity for checking papers for uncited sources.

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/blog/9-teach...
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#teachingAPAStyle #APA7
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November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Teachers: Are your students puzzled by #APAStyle? We have new handouts just for you!

Both the word search and crossword puzzle are available here:
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#NCTE25 #TeachingAPAStyle #APA7 #APAformat #TeachingTips #AcademicWriting #HigherEd #TeachingResources
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November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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We are in Denver, Colorado, for @ncte.org's annual convention!

If you'll be there, stop by Booth 901 to say hello and chat about all things #APAStyle! #APA7 #NCTE25

👉 Booth 901
🔹 Friday: 10:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
🔹 Saturday: 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
🔹 Sunday: 8:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Tip 8 in our teaching #APAStyle on-the-go series outlines an activity "somewhat like musical chairs except done as a paper review exercise."

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/blog/8-teach...

#teachingAPAStyle #APA7 #APAformat
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November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Will you be writing or editing an APA Style paper this week? What questions can we can help answer?

Please share with any colleagues who may have questions or who help students or others writing with #APAStyle!

#APA7 #APAformat #APAguide #AmEditing #Copyediting #AcWri
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November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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#APAStyle #APA7 #TeachingTips #AcademicWriting #HigherEd #Paraphrasing #TeachingAPAStyle
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November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Tip 6 in our teaching on-the-go series covers two topics: #APAStyle heading levels and the benefits of citing personal communications sources.

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#TeachingAPAStyle #APA7 #APAheadings #APAformat
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November 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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The first ghost guideline addressed in this webinar was about using first person!

🔗 www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxrnI...

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It's okay to say "I" and "you" in APA Style papers Do not refer to yourself in the third person ("the author") Do not use editorial "we" (it's vague)
October 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Instructors: This week’s topic (No. 5) in our On the Go series is about helping students "develop their knowledge of how journal articles work and why academic writers frequently use them."

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#AcWri #AcademicWriting #ResearchTips
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October 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Students: Are you writing a paper using #APAStyle this semester? Don't miss our webinar today to level up your writing game!

🔹 Today! Thursday, October 23, at 2:00 p.m. ET
🔗 Free registration: apa-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#AcWri #EduSky #AcademicSky #APA7
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October 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Instructors: The fourth tip in our On the Go series for this semester is about teaching students how to read, and later write, abstracts.

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/blog/4-teach...

#AcWri #AcademicWriting #ResearchTips
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October 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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This handout with the six steps to proper citation is available free—along with many other handouts, guides, and checklists—on the #APAStyle site:

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#APA7 #APAformat #AcademicWriting #CiteYourSources #AuthorDate
APA Style (7th ed.) Six Steps to Proper Citation 1. READ the work you want to cite. 2. Identify an IDEA you want to put in your paper. 3. Write a SENTENCE about that idea. 4. Write a REFERENCE LIST ENTRY for the work. 5. Add in the corresponding IN-TEXT CITATION. 6. REPEAT as needed for more works and ideas.
October 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Capitalize trade names and brand names (e.g., Zoloft, iPhone, Wi-Fi). These are proper nouns, whereas generic descriptions (e.g., smartphone) or ingredients (e.g., sertraline) are not.

More examples:
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#medications #ProperNouns #nursing
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October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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#APAStyle references include four elements:
🔹 author
🔹 date
🔹 title
🔹 source

🔗 Learn more in this short clip: www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkxt9t...

#APAreferences #APA7 #APAformat #APAguide
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September 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Teachers: This week’s blog post in our On the Go series (Tip 3) is about helping students format their first APA Style paper for your class.

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/blog/3-teach...

❓ What are the most common questions you hear about #APAStyle paper formatting?

#TeachingAPAStyle #AcademicWriting
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September 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM