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The University of Waterloo Library is currently suggesting Zotero software for citation management.
Our Zotero guide is located at the following URL: https://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/zotero. When signing up for a free Zotero account is it suggested that you use your UWaterloo e-mail account. That will automatically give you access to the Institutional Storage provided by a University of Waterloo Library subscription. If youwould like assistance with Zotero, you can contact the Zotero Librarians at zotero@library.uwaterloo.ca
APA Style (American Psychological Association) is a commonly used style in the social sciences. Borrow the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association or use one of the online help guides below.
Quick Guide to APA (From the American Psychological Society)
The University of Waterloo has paper copies of this guide. We are not currently able to acquire an electronic copy.
RefWorks will allow you to create your own personal citation database easily and quickly by importing references from text files or online databases. You can then can use these references in writing your papers and automatically format your bibliography.
See below for instructions to import references from major Psychology databases into RefWorks.
Note: To export multiple items at one time you must sign up for a free JSTOR account. Account holders can Mark Citations, click Save, go to My JSTOR and select Saved Citations, Export, and then RefWorks.
Note: You can bypass logging in by entering your RefWorks login information in your Scopus My Profile area and selecting RefWorks Settings. Entering your information in this area will also allow Scopus to display a RefWorks icon next to records in Scopus that you already have in your RefWorks database, helping prevent the importing of duplicate records. If you have imported the Complete Format it will also update the number of times cited within your RefWorks database.
Note: You can bypass logging in by entering your RefWorks login information in your Scopus My Profile area and selecting RefWorks Settings. Entering your information in this area will also allow Scopus to display a RefWorks icon next to records in Scopus that you already have in your RefWorks database, helping prevent the importing of duplicate records. If you have imported the Complete Format it will also update the number of times cited within your RefWorks database.
Use Refworks to import the .txt file containing the MEDLINE format of the references.