APA Style provides clarity to papers on often complex topics. It makes papers easier to read and understand. APA style can also help the author better organize their research and help the reader easily find information that is important for evaluating that research.

Adopting the APA writing style guarantees that both the structure of your paper and the format of your citations are consistent throughout. This consistency clarifies how you present your writing and ensures that any scholar within a related field can easily navigate your text.

Go to “Edit > Output Styles > Open Style Manager”. Highlight the output style you would like to change, and click the “Edit” button. Go to “Sort Order” under “Bibliography”. Here, select the sort order you would like to use or click “Other” to choose additional sorting options.

Change your Citation Style

1. If using a Windows device, click the “references” tab and click the down arrow next to the “style” field in the “Mendeley Cite-O-Matic” section.
2. Select the style you want and the references in your document will now reflect your new style.

You can change the style by selecting any of the displayed styles and then selecting ‘Update citation style’. Mendeley Cite comes with a number of common styles installed, but you can also search for and install any other styles you need.

1. click Go to EndNote.
2. Select the Reference you want.
3. Click and drag the reference into the appropriate place in your word document.

1. Sort Alphabetically. Select all of your citations and right-click. Then click the A-Z button in your Home ribbon and choose Paragraph and Text.
2. Create a Hanging Indent for Each of Your Citations. Select all of your citations again, then press Ctrl + T on your keyboard and….

Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work. For multiple articles by the same author, or authors listed in the same order, list the entries in chronological order, from earliest to most recent.

Basic format to reference a thesis

1. Author. The surname is followed by first initials.
2. Year.
3. Title (in single inverted commas).
4. Level of Thesis.
5. University.
6. City.