If you have written a paper for a business, psychology, or sociology class here at Bentley, you've probably been required to cite your sources using APA Style. The Bentley Library's Citing Online Business Resources Using APA Style guide has always been one of our most popular help guides, logging over 25,000 views annually!
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Citing sources is important and necessary. It can also be confusing and frustrating, even for those of us with years of experience! Complicating matters is the variety of citation formats available. Expository Writing classes here at Bentley typically teach and use the MLA (Modern Language Association) format, but business faculty rightly require students to use the APA (American Psychological Association) style, which is the citation format used in the social sciences. The APA style of formatting is better suited to citing business resources and databases.
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