The American Psychological Association (APA) citation style is common in the social sciences.
APA Style Guide by CSUN librarian Eric Garcia
APA Formatting and Style Guide from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
Citing Archival Materials in APA
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (official print version)
Call number BF76.7 .P83 2010, available in the Learning Commons
Alvarez, N. & Mearns, J. (2014). The benefits of writing and performing in the spoken word poetry community. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41(3), 263-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2014.03.004
Prior research has shown narrative writing to help with making meaning out of trauma. This article uses grounded theory to analyze semi-structured interviews with ten spoken word poets. Because spoken word poetry is performed live, it creates personal and community connections that enhance the emotional development and resolution offered by the practice of writing. The findings are limited by the small, nonrandom sample (all the participants were from the same community).
Citation Managers are bibliographic management programs that will help you keep track of articles and books as you find them, organize your references and create bibliographies in 100s of citation styles (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, etc.) They will also allow you to:
Import citations as you research from databases and catalogs
Save and organize citations
Attach pdfs of articles, when available
Embed citations (footnotes or in-text) into your word processing documents
Collaborate with others online
Discover the latest research
Below are some links about how to use EndNote Web, a citation manager freely available for you to use. Contact me at yi.ding@csun.edu if you have further questions.
Help with EndNote Web (from your CSUN librarian)