APA Citation & Citation Managers

Citation Guides

UBC Library has online guides to assist you in citing sources in your research, including guides specific to APA style, which is the citation style used most often in Education:

  • APA Citation Style Guide - Here you'll find information about when and how to cite in APA Style. This guide includes examples of citations for books & book chapters, journal articles, websites, media, and other information sources.
  • How to Cite - A more general citation support guide, which has information applicable across styles, including information about citing data. This can also connect you to the guides for additional citation styles if you are not using APA.

Citation Managers

To assist you in keeping your sources organized and developing references lists, you may want to use a citation manager. Citation managers can help you to:

  • organize your research all in one place
  • avoid plagiarism by tracking your research path
  • create in-text citations with the click of a button(s)
  • easily format and re-format bibliographies in most major citation styles

Although most citation managers allow you to do the same things, there are features that vary between the different tools. You can learn about the most popular options on the How to Cite guide.