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  Thank you for your question about needing help with APA.  You didn’t mention what type of help you needed, so I am providing you with a broad overview of APA information.  

  First, you will want to check with your teacher and verify if you need to use the 6^th edition of the APA Style Manual.  That is because the latest version of the APA Publication Manual, the 7^th edition, was released on October 1, 2019 and your class might be using the new edition.

 If you don’t know where to start, welcome, we have all been there.

• For example of what an annotated bibliography could look like visit How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography.
• To reviewing why and how we cite authors in an academic context visit Intro to Referencing.
• Check out our library’s APA citation guide for an APA Word Template, formatting guide, In-text citation guide, and how to construct your reference page.
• However, if your teacher is already using the APA 7^th edition I would suggest you use the following LibGuide from Columbia College which covers many of the same details:  https://columbiacollege-ca.libguides.com/apa.

   For additional resources, try the following websites:

• Academic Writer Tutorial  Trying to understand an APA style manual when you have never before written a paper for college can be a bit overwhelming.  This step by step tutorial using APA 7^th ed. will help you understand the basic elements of a paper, format and organization, the academic writing style, grammar and usage, provide you with bias-free language guidelines, mechanics of style, tables and figures, explain in-text citations and quotations, as well as the format of the reference list and order.  If this describes you, try this self-paced tutorial.     
• APA Style Blog  Official APA style information. Search for your question in their search box.
• APA 6^th vs. 7^th If  you have always used the 6^th edition and now your teacher says you have to use the 7^th edition, your question might be: “What changed?” This will give you a nice overview of the differences between the two editions. 
• Purdue OWL  The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material.  Notice this link opens to the APA 7^th edition, but you can also choose to refer to the APA 6^th edition.
• Henry Ford College also has a Writing Center which can help you with your paper, including citations.

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