Archer Library: PSYC 312: Psychology of the Jury (Yamamoto, Winter 2025): Citing Your Sources

The Thinker (Le Penseur), 1904. Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). French. Plaster.

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APA Style

For assignments in this course you have been asked to use the APA style of citation. Helpful information on using this citation style is available in the following locations:

The APA Style website provides excellent style and grammar guidelines (including examples of in-text citations and reference list entries).
Purdue University has a handy online guide to APA Style that has been updated to reflect 7th edition APA changes.
The 7th edition of The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (BF 76.7 P83 2020 ) is available in all four libraries on campus.

Citing legal cases

Canadian cases

When citing Canadian legal cases, it is best to follow the rules laid out in the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (9th ed.), which is also known as the "McGill Guide." The McGill Guide is available on campus.
This Queens University research guide explains how to cite Canadian legal cases using this style, and explains how to read a case citation.

American cases

APA 7 devotes an entire chapter (Chapter 11) to legal citation, including examples of how to cite American legal cases in (Section 11.4).
The Purdue OWL website on APA also includes some helpful information on this topic.