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Criminal Justice Research Guide

Citing Your Resources

For this class you are required to cite your resources in APA Style.

APA

The APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used for citing sources within the SOCIAL SCIENCES. Click the links below to learn more about the APA citation style and see examples.

Purdue OWL: APA Formatting & Style Guide

APA Style and Grammar Guidelines

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (print book) at the MCC Libraries

*An APA citation guide is available for in-library use at each library’s reference desk.

Citation Generators Online

Citation generators are free online tools you can use to automatically cite your sources for you. All you do is plug in the requested information about your material and they generate a citation for you based on the information you provided and the citation style you chose.

Important Note: These citations are not always perfect and must be checked for accuracy in both content and styling!

Click on one of the logos below to use a citation generator:

EasyBib logo

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