APA Style is a set of guidelines that govern all aspects of scholarly writing (APA is the acronym for the American Psychological Association). It was developed to help writers communicate in a clear and concise manner. Students use APA to document their sources ethically and appropriately. It is the most frequently used citation style at St. Kate's.
- APA requires that each work cited in the body of a paper must appear in the reference list at the end of the paper, and each entry on the reference list must be cited in the text (there are some exceptions).
- An in-text citation within the body of the paper identifies a cited work by its author and year of publication. This enables readers to easily locate the corresponding entry in the reference list at the end of the paper.
- The reference list provides the reader with all of the information they need to retrieve each work.
- The author and date in the in-text citation must match the author and date in the reference entry.