 This video will walk you through the steps of using APA style using the IRC library resources. These resources will take you from format to reference and help you create a perfect APA paper. The American Psychological Association's APA style is used most often in social science, business, and health science courses. Using APA style allows your instructors to quickly see where you incorporated information from outside sources into your papers. It also ensures that you do not plagiarize, which is a very serious academic offense. To begin citing an APA style, go to irc.libguides.com. This will bring you to the library's resources for the most current edition of the style and has everything that you need to write your paper. First, let's set up our paper. Click on the formatting your paper link at the top of the page. This page provides information about APA's requirements for font, spacing, and page numbering. The page also includes an APA paper template that is ready for students to download. We recommend this template over the one included in Microsoft Word because it was created specifically for IRC courses. You can download this template as many times as you like by clicking on the APA research paper template link at the top of the screen. Once you download and open the template, you can see that it provides an example of a cover page, the body of your paper, and your reference page. You can type your own work directly into the paper template or a copy and paste your already started work by using the keep text only paste option. Now that you have your template downloaded and ready, we can use the lib guide to create our reference entries and in-text citations. Remember, each reference requires both an in-text citation that signals where you used information from outside sources, as well as a reference entry that provides additional information about that source. Hover over the reference examples link at the top of the page to select a source type to view. I'm citing a website in my paper, so I'll click on the websites link at the bottom of that list. This page first provides you with an explanation of what elements to include in your reference before giving you examples of different types of websites. For example, if I would like to cite a specific page of the Center for Disease Controls website, like their resources on mental health, I would use the website with an organization as an author example. You can also see that the column to the left shows an example of your in-text citation for the same source. Sometimes sources may have more authors than you know what to do with, or additional information you have to include in your citation. Hover on the reference citations link to see all of the elements of an HPA citation and examples on what to do in each case. You can also hover over the in-text citations link to see more information on in-text citations and examples of different types of citations. Other resources available on the APA LIB guide include a downloadable annotated bibliography template, a guide on how to use appropriate headings in your paper. Once you have finished your paper, click on the submit your paper for APA review link to have a librarian review your paper before you turn it into your professor. Remember, it takes about a business day for a librarian to respond with comments, so please make sure that you allow yourself enough time for a librarian to give you feedback. Need help with other APA questions? We're here to help. Email library at irse.edu or check out irse.libguides.com slash ask a librarian for more ways to connect.