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APA Referencing – Citing a Film or TV Show

Usually, people switch on the TV or go to the cinema to avoid work. But...

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APA Referencing – Citing Social Media

Social media distracts people from their work more often than contributing to it. But this...

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APA Referencing – How to Cite a YouTube Video

With the internet fast becoming all-encompassing, it is perhaps unsurprising that YouTube and other online...

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Secondary Citations (Harvard, APA and Chicago)

Researching an essay can be like following a trail of clues: you find a textbook...

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APA Referencing – Citing Newspaper Articles

While newspaper articles aren’t academic sources in the traditional sense, there are times that you...

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APA Referencing – Citing a Website

With more and more research now done online, knowing how to cite a website is...

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Referencing a Translated Book (Harvard, APA, MLA and Chicago)

Pity translators. Without them, many great works of literature would be unavailable in English. Likewise, scientific...

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Who Said That? (Quoting Sources with APA Referencing)

You might know that referencing is essential to academic writing. You might even know how...

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APA Referencing – What You Need to Know

APA referencing – created by the American Psychological Association – is a system for citing...

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APA Referencing – How to Cite a Journal Article

One of the most important skills in academic writing is referencing sources correctly, and APA...

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APA Referencing – How to Cite Conference Proceedings

Occasionally, academics from across the world will emerge from their ivory towers to gather and...

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How to Reference Ebooks – APA Style

The American Psychological Society’s (APA) referencing system is commonly used in the academic world, especially...

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