In an academic writings and scientific
research different methods of in- text citation and
referencing are used for making writings more authentic
and formal. American Psychological Association (APA),
the Modern Language Association (MLA),
Chicago/Turabian style are Used in Business, History
and the fine Arts etc. But in social sciences research APA
method of in- text citation and referencing is used. In
this article the researcher has given various examples of
in-text citation and referencing using desk work method
of collecting information to give basic ideas on using
APA methods while writing research articles,
Thesis/dissertation and research reports. Being based on
the objective of this article this article has highly focused
on basic ideas regarding use of APA style in research
work.
Keywords :
American Psychological Association, Referencing, In-text Citation, Research article, Thesis/dissertation and Academic Writings.