Center for Professional Communication Resources
APA Citation Format Resources
Access excellent guides for citation formatting:
- APA Style — This is the home page for APA Style. It provides assistance in learning APA style.
- APA Online – Electronic Sources — This is the home site of the American Psychological Association, and it provides the most recent clarifications of APA style. However, it provides few actual examples of in-text or reference citations.
- Concordia University – APA Citation Style — Here you will find basic information about direct quotation of sources, reference citations in the text, and reference list examples.
- Delaware Technical & Community College – APA Citation Style Guide [PDF] — This extensive and colorful list of APA citation examples shows many sources including Internet and online materials.
Online Writing Lab Resources
The following links offer writers access to websites with relevant and publicly accessible online "handouts," style guides, and writing tips. In some instances these sites also provide clickable links to additional sites that focus on the writing process, expository and creative. Perhaps your campus maintains a similar online service. If so, be sure to sample its offerings with an eye toward refining your writing style.
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) — This is the premier site for online writing help. It provides an amazing collection of resources that are open to everyone. You will find detailed handouts and tips for grammar and mechanics, conducting research, using MLA and APA citation formats, developing a research paper, preparing an outline, and much more.
- University of Illinois, Springfield – Writing Handouts — You can learn more about punctuation, résumés and cover letters, test-taking tips, research paper guidelines, and documentation styles at this site.
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant — This site helps writers get started. It offers pages devoted to basic punctuation, problem areas, sentence concepts, subject choice, and freewriting.
Course Modules
Download valuable reference materials for courses. Below are documents that accompany modules delivered in various College of Business courses.
Key Bank Junior Executive Program
BA 1000
- Avoiding Plagiarism at Ohio University [PowerPoint]
- 3X3 Business Writing Process [PowerPoint]
- Professional Presentations [PowerPoint]
- Developing A Professional Presence [PowerPoint]
Integrated Business Cluster
- Using Evidence to Prove Your Point [PowerPoint]
- Business Writing [PowerPoint]
- Citing & Referencing in APA Style [PowerPoint]
- Guidelines for Formatting Short Papers [Word]
- Preparing Business Reports [PowerPoint]
- Transmittal Documents [PowerPoint]
- Memo Formatting Guidelines [Word]
- Writing Executive Summaries [PowerPoint]
- Presentations [PowerPoint]
- Scope Documents [Word]
- Project Scope Template - Cluster [Word]