Guides: SOWK 3870: Social Work Research and Practice: Cite Sources

APA style

Publication Manual of the APA
New 7th edition! Multiple copies are available via the UNT Libraries. Some are on reserve either at the Willis Library Services desk or at the Sycamore Library desk.
OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University -- APA Formatting and Style Guide
An excellent and easy to use guide for using APA style

APA style videos

RefWorks

Refworks
Refworks is a web-based research manager that allows you to create your own personal database of citations and documents for both academic and personal use. With RefWorks you can:
Easily export references from electronic databases, the UNT library catalog, text files, websites and more into your account
Quickly create reference lists for papers and projects in the citation style of your choice
Store, read and annotate files.
RefWorks is available for all UNT students, faculty, and staff through the UNT Libraries. Once you set up your RefWorks account, you will retain access to it for as long as UNT Libraries continues to have a contract with the RefWorks vendor (even after you leave UNT).
Refworks Online Guide
Use this guide to help you learn how to set up your Refworks account and use Refworks.

DOI information

The APA Publication Manual, 7th edition now requires that article and e-book citations contain DOIs, except in cases where a DOI is not assigned to the item. APA 7th requires that the DOI come at the end of the citation and be in the format of a url, meaning the prefix, https://doi.org/, is put in front of the actual DOI. The following is an example of an article citation in APA format with the DOI in the form of a url:

Ramsey, A. T., & Montgomery, K. (2014). Technology-based interventions in social work practice: A systematic review of mental health interventions. Social Work in Health Care, 53(9), 883-899. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2014.925531

What is a DOI?

DOI stands for Digital Object Identifier. DOIs are used to provide a stable source for information about a digital object, such as an article or e-book, including where it can be found on the Internet. Information about a digital object may change over time, including where to find it, but its DOI does not change.

Where do I find a DOI?

DOIs are usually included in the machine-generated citations that you can copy from library databases. If your citation does not automatically include the DOI and/or you cannot find the DOI, you can search for the DOI using the Crossref.org website's search.

Paste a title or an entire citation into the search box on crossref.org, to find the item's DOI. The DOI that crossref.org provides will already have the required https://doi.org/ prefix in front of it, so that you can copy and paste it into your citation.