Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed) by View the video by California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) Library to get a concise (3:00-minute) overview of APA Style. The video includes a great explanation of the relationship between a paper's in-text citations and its references list.
The American Psychological Association has released a seventh edition of their publication manual. APA has several pages and handouts on their website that you may find useful that are linked below. To view more, click on the Style and Grammar Guideline link on the APA Style webpage.
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Bluebook Legal Citations:
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, a style guide, prescribes the most widely used legal citation system in the United States.
Plagiarism is defined in the Texas A&M University-San Antoinio's Procedure for Academic Dishonesty Cases (April 19, 2010) as:
"Plagiarism - A student can be accused of academic dishonesty if he/she uses the ideas, data or language of another without specific or proper acknowledgment."
These websites below offer ways to better understand plagiarism and how to avoid it: