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Writing Assistance

Inver Hills Writing Center
The Inver Hills Writing Center provides individual assistance on every phase of the writing process. Visit their website for more information or to schedule an appointment.

UNC Writing Center Handouts
Created by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center, these handouts offer great tips on all aspects of the writing process. Includes strategies for writing papers, citation and sentence level concerns, specific writing assignments, and writing for specific fields.

APA Help Resources

Review the following APA Formatting websites for help create, review, and double-check the APA formatting of your paper.

APA Quick Start Guide
This APA Quick Start Guide from Golden West College walks you through how to create in-text citations, format reference citations, and format a student paper in APA style. Includes examples!

Formatting the Title Page and Body of your APA style paper:

Formatting Papers: Student Paper Formatting, APA 7th ed. (Video)
This video shows you how to easily format an APA style paper using Microsoft Word. Helpful timestamps let you easily jump to the most relevant parts of the video, including: General Formatting; Title Page; Sections; and References, Tables, and Figures.
Formatting Papers: Student Paper Set-Up Guide, APA 7th ed.
This detailed guide from the APA walks you through how to format each part of an APA style paper: Title Page, Sections of Text, Tables and Figures, and Reference List.

Formatting Full Citations for your Reference List. Look for examples of how to format different types of sources (books, articles, websites, etc.):

Reference List: Common Reference Examples - APA 7th Ed.
This handout from the APA shows citation examples for many common sources like books, articles, films, websites, even tweets!
Reference List: Citation Formatting Breakdown - APA 7th Ed.
This guide from the APA breaks down citations for journal articles, books, and edited book chapters to show you EXACTLY where each punctionation mark, capital letter, and italic goes.
Reference List: More Citation Examples by Source Type (Purdue OWL)
From the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), use the menu on the left side of the page to see examples of APA style citations for MANY different types of sources, including online sources, print sources, media, and more.

Formatting In-Text Citations:

In-Text Citations: The Basics (Purdue OWL)
This website from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) gives examples of how to use in-text citations in the body of your paper, including short quotes, long quotes, paraphrasing, and what to do when there is no page number for a quote.
In-Text Citations: Formatting Author Names (Purdue OWL)
This site from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) tells you how to format in-text citations when you have two authors, three or more authors, an organization as the author, and more!