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APA referencing style guide for beginners.
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APA referencing style guide for beginners.

learn how to reference your work and avoid academic irregularities.
Created bySamuel Githinji
Last updated 10/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • how to insert page header
  • working on the title page
  • indenting your work
  • how to use credible references
  • how to style your reference page
  • working with a demo paper
  • apa style referencing
  • apa style guide

Course content

1 section9 lectures50m total length
  • Course Goals0:13

    By the end of this course, you will be able to:

    • Format your papers according to APA style standards.

    • Insert and edit page headers correctly.

    • Create professional title pages with ease.

    • Apply proper indentation and spacing throughout your paper.

    • Use accurate in-text citations following APA guidelines.

    • Correctly reference your sources in the reference li


  • Introduction1:20

    You should be able to:

    Open Microsoft word and type your document in APA format

    format your paper using the APA referencing style guide.

    Have no difficult citing your paper using APA referencing style

  • Student Title Page Formatting0:08
  • how to insert page header5:07

    By end of this lesson you will be able to:

    • Insert page headers properly.

    • Insert page numbers to your paper.

    • use different ways to insert both page header and numbers to your paper.

  • working on the title page - revisiting in 30 seconds0:34

    By the end of this lesson you will be able to:

    • Insert relevant information in the page title.

    • format your page title

    • Use the center method to place text in the center of the page.

  • How to Create MindMaps with Microsoft Word21:14
  • how to use credible references2:34

    By the end of this lesson you will be able to:

    • use credible sources to for your research work

    • cite your sources using sites like citethisforme

    • find peer reviewed journals for your research

    • distinguish between credible sources and one you should not use

  • Citing, Referecing, and Grammarly7:56

    By the end of this lesson you will be able to:

    • use in text citations

    • cite more than 2 authors correctly

    • cite 3 to 5 authors

    • and cite more than 5 authors

  • working with a demo paper11:24

Requirements

  • a computer
  • good internet
  • College student
  • University student

Description

Welcome to this Library tutorial on APA citations. In it, you will learn about APA in-text and reference citations.

 

The American Psychological Association developed APA citation style to help you document your sources in a research paper or other project. By employing APA citation style, you will give proper credit to authors whose ideas you are using in your own work

Who this course is for:

  • students and freelance beginners.
  • college students
  • apa style referencing users