Clinical mental health counseling research most often uses APA-style citations. Check your assignment guidelines to be certain you're using the correct citation style for your project. The resources on this page will help you learn how to accurately format APA citations, and you can always contact the library or the UVU Writing Center for help.
Pro Tip from Your Librarian: Graduate school often involves large research projects involving many sources, which can get tricky to keep track of and well organized. We recommend setting up a citation manager as soon as possible, such as Zotero (see below). This allows you to easily save sources from library databases or websites and take notes on them, then automatically format reference lists in APA style. If you start using a citation manager early, it can help you save interesting research articles for use in future projects.
Many library databases include a citation tool that automatically generates citations for you, in a variety of styles—this is a great time-saving feature! When you've found an article, book, or other item in a library database that you'd like to use, look for a button labeled Cite or Citation, then copy the citation in the style you need. However, these citations may contain formatting errors or missing information, since they're not actually made by a human. Be sure to proofread citations made by citation generators, and edit any mistakes! Use the citation resources on this page to help with this.
APA is the citation style commonly used for research in the social and behavioral sciences, business, education, and the sciences. The following resources will help you learn how to format APA citations.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: The Official Guide to APA Style, 7th Edition (Print Book)Citation management tools can help you keep track of your research, organize your citations, collaborate with others, format bibliographies, and more! These free tools are just a few of the options available to you. Remember, when using citation management tools, you must always check automatically generated citations to make sure they adhere to the rules of your chosen citation style.
