LibGuides: Health Care Assistant: Citation Help

APA Citation Style 7th ed.

The Practical Nursing department requires students use the APA Citation style for their research papers. Here are some helpful guides to APA:

VCC Style Guide to APA 7th ed.
APA Formatting and Style Guide: General Format (Purdue University)
7th ed.
APA Citation Style
(Concordia University)
APA Style Blog (American Psychological Association)
Searchable website to find out how to cite a resource using APA Style Manual.
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Check out the Using APA, MLA... link on the VCC Library website for additional resources. Many of the article databases will do the work for you by putting your selected articles into APA Style when you save or email them. However, some databases are still doing the APA citation using the 6th edition. Review and compare the suggested citation format against the VCC Style Guide to APA 7th ed.

Plagiarism and Plagiarism Quizzes

How well do you know plagiarism? ( Writecheck)
10 questions testing your knowledge of plagiarism.
Paraphrasing ( Eastern Institute of Technology, NZ)
Quick quiz that tests your knowledge on plagiarism through descriptive scenarios. Prepared by Library and Learning Services, Eastern Institute of Technology.
APA Style: Paraphrasing
Quiz: Plagiarism (University Of Guelph. Academic Integrity))
Ten thought provoking questions that address the subtleties of plagiarism.

To get an overview on plagiarism, watch this VCC library streaming video:

Plagiarism (VCC Library)

ProQuest Research Companion

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ProQuest Research Companion is a new, intuitive and self-guided product that effortlessly guides students through the research process, helping them develop their critical thinking skills to more effectively find, evaluate and use information. Created by writing instructors and librarians, it supports information literacy instruction and practical application through tools and learning videos.

APA Citation exercises

APA Tutorial : Test Your Knowledge (University of Southern Mississippi University Libraries)
Quick multiple choice questionnaire with the correct answers once you submit the completed quiz..
General APA Exercise (APA Style 7th ed.)
Prepared by Royal Roads University. There are ten questions in this quiz that test your basic knowledge of the 7th ed. Correct responses are provided once you have submitted your answers.
In-text citations (APA Style 7th ed.)
Quiz developed by Royal Roads University with the correct answers provided after each response submission..
Matching a reference to resource type (APA Style 7th ed.)
Prepared by Royal Roads University.
Excelsior Online Writing Lab : APA Activity
APA 7th Referencing: Quiz
Quiz is available through the library at Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia).