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APA (7th ed.) for Student Papers

This is a basic introduction to formatting & citation for APA (7th ed.) student papers. There are lots of other rules (and exceptions to the rules) for different instances, so don't expect to be able to rely solely on this guide.

Two Categories of Citations

There are two broad categories of citation types that you must have in every APA paper:

- Main Body citations (these are the abbreviated citations that appear in the Main Body of your paper)

- Reference List citations (these are the full-citations that appear on in the section of your paper titled, "References")