Giving credit to a book, article, speech or other resource is called citing or creating a citation and is required to avoid plagiarism. Your instructor may ask you to cite in MLA, APA, Chicago, or other formats.
When an instructor tells you to format your paper in APA, this has to do with your spacing, font size, and margins. We've included a few templates that already have the formatting set up for you.
This template has complete instructions for creating a paper with a References list in APA7 style and was authored by Liz Teoli from Northern Essex Community College.
This template includes a lot of examples of APA sources cited correctly. Paul Bond, a librarian at SUNY Broome Community College authored this template.