Find and copy the APA citation of the source you are citing and paste it into the content of the reference node template.

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

San Jose State University

1.Find where and how your community organizes references

2.Propose a change to the parent node that holds all the references

3.Select the reference child node option

4.Title the node

5.Add APA citation to content

6.Finalize and propose the node

Proposing a Reference Node to Cite a Source

The American Psychological Association (APA) came up with this citation format that is used to standardize citations used in scholarly papers within the social sciences, education, STEM fields etc.

APA Citation

Each area of the map organizes references differently. Check with others in your community to find out where and how references are organized. For example, the education community references are organized as children off of a relation node.

1.Find Where and How Your Community Organizes References

To create a reference child node, follow step 2 in proposing a child node procedure. 

2.Propose a Change to the Parent Node that Holds All the References

Once the sidebar pops up with the options for different child nodes, select the "reference child node" option. 

3.Select the Reference Child Node 

Write the title and the year of the source in the title section of the reference node template. 

4.Reference Node Titling

5.Content of a Reference Node 

To propose the reference node, follow step 7 in "Steps to Proposing a Child Node"

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