APA format
Academic writing style
APA format is a standardized style for academic writing established by the American Psychological Association.
It governs citations, references, headings, and manuscript structure—widely required in psychology, education, and social sciences.
The professor requires all papers in APA format.
Students often struggle with its particular rules for in-text citations and reference lists.
- citationMention of a source
- reference listCompilation of sources used
- referencesSources cited for verification
- bibliographyList of cited works
- double-spacedLines separated by blanks
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