LibGuides: Psychology: Referencing

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Reference Management Software Tools

Mendeley
Online research manager tool that helps you organize your references and assists you with creating in-text citations and your bibliography. It also has a social networking tool that can help you collaborate with others online and assists in discovering the latest research in your field of interest.
RefWorks
Online research management, writing and collaboration tool that helps researchers gather, manage, store and share all types of information easily. It also generates in-text citations and creates the bibliography.

Zotero
Zotero is the only research tool that automatically senses content, allowing you to add it to your personal library with a single click. Whether you're searching for a preprint on arXiv.org, a journal article from JSTOR, a news story from the New York Times, or a book from your university library catalog, Zotero has you covered with support for thousands of sites

APA 7th edition

What's new in APA 7th edition
This document provides an overview of what’s new in the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association. Content throughout the manual has been significantly expanded and revised from the
sixth edition.
Tutorial and Webinar
This tutorial was adapted from Academic Writer™, APA’s tool for teaching and learning effective writing. Academic Writer is intended for use by instructors with their students in courses that require papers to be written in APA Style.
Style and Grammar Guidelines
The style and grammar guidelines pages present information about APA Style as described in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition and the Concise Guide to APA Style, Seventh Edition.