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KHS: Research in Kinesiology and Health Science: Organize & Cite

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Citing Your Sources

APA Style

According to APA style guidelines, you need as much of the following information as you can find about your sources:

Author and/or editor name(s)
Title of the source (e.g., website, book, article)
Title of the larger work (e.g., journal, encyclopedia, magazine, book series)
Date of publication
Publication information (volume, issue, and page range for articles; publisher name and location for books)
Date you accessed the source (if electronic)
Web address or DOI (Digital Object Identifier)

APA Format Guide - the OWL at Purdue
Provides descriptions and examples of the most common entry types for APA citation style.
Citing Sources in APA
USU Libraries citation guide for APA style.
Other Citation Styles
Need to cite your sources in another style? Check out this guide for help!

Organizing Your Sources

Citation Organizers

Citation Organizers
Citation organizers (or reference managers) store and organize citation information for a variety of research resources for easy representation in a variety of citation styles. These programs allow you to build reference libraries for many information sources, including journal articles, books and book chapters, audiovisual materials, websites, and more.

Synthesis

Synthesizing Sources

Search Alerts

Creating Search Alerts

Creating Search Alerts
Search alerts allow you to stay up to date with articles as new research is published. This guide will walk you through how to create alerts on multiple platforms.