APA 7th Edition Style Guidelines: APA 7 Style Guidelines

The American Psychological Association (APA) provides students with several valuable links for grammar, writing, in-text citations, source citations, and formatting of an APA-style paper. There is also a link to writing using bias-free language.

The APA Style Blog answers non-routine questions, supplies the user with examples, and is searchable. 

Citing ChatGPT and other AI Models and Software. With the advances in AI writing tools such as ChatGPT, The APA Style Blog provides examples of AI-assisted written text, including an in-text citation. Below the text is the corresponding source citation.

When writing an APA-style paper, there are some essential items to remember. 

• Write the paper using an objective, 3rd person voice. Use the 1st person voice when describing the author's research.
  • 1st Person: I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, ours,
  • 2nd Person: You, your, yours, you are,
  • 3rd Person: It, one, its, he, his, him, she, her, hers, they, them, their, they are.
• Referenced material used in the paper should be either paraphrased or summarized.
• Refrain from using contractions and slang or colloquial terms.