APA Style Resources

APA Style Guides

Use any of these style guides to find instructions (pattern & examples) for in-text citations and references.

RCC APA Style Guide

Purdue Owl's APA Style Guide

Documenting Sources in APA Style
Recommended style guide for Nursing students.

APA Style Blog
Excellent place for those unusual sources and the content is written by official authorities of APA style.

APA Formatting Instructions

Purdue Owl APA General Format

Creating an APA "Running Head"

APA Formatted Templates

APA document WITH abstract
A pre-formatted template for an APA style research paper that includes an abstract. Rev 2/15/2017

APA document WITHOUT abstract
A pre-formatted template for an APA style research paper that doesn't require an abstract. Rev. 2/2017

APA References Page ONLY
This document has been formatted with the hanging indent. If you are not required to have the Title Page with Running head for an APA research paper you can use this for your References page rather than the whole template.

APA Annotated Bibliography
A customized template for an annotated bibliography that follows APA style. Please note that APA style does not have an official format for annotated bibliographies. This template has been developed specifically for RCC. As with any citation style at RCC, please follow your instructor’s requirements.

Article Review Template
Use this template (all basic formatting is done for you) to write up your article review. Just replace the generic examples with the specific information required.