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Academic Writing

This guide provides guidance, tips, and examples about different types of academic writing like literature reviews, annotated bibliographies, and abstract writing.

Anatomy of an APA Reference from Dalhousie University

APA In-Text Citations

APA Best Practices

APA style method is important for

  • helping the reader go directly to the original source that the writer used or quoted when writing the paper or text;
  • providing credit to the original source when
    • paraphrasing,
    • summarizing, or
    • directly quoting

Helpful Links for APA Style

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