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APA Style 7 - Purdue OWL
Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL) resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style.
APA 7 - Electronic Resources - Purdue OWL
This has a list of the most commonly cited electronic sources. For a complete list of how to cite electronic sources, please refer to the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual.

Academic Search Complete
A multidisciplinary database of scholarly, popular, trade, and special interest articles and more.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 600 U.S. and international journals dealing with Criminology, Criminal justice, Corrections, and related subjects, as well as books and conference papers.
PsycINFO
Index to the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines, including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas. It also includes empirical studies, case studies, surveys, bibliographies, literature reviews, discussion articles, conference reports and dissertations.
Sociology Collection (Includes Sociological Abstracts)
indexes the literature of sociology and related disciplines, including anthropology, criminology, demography, education, gerontology, mental health, minority studies, political science, public health, social psychology, social work, urban studies, welfare programs, and women's studies. Content types covered include journals, books, conference papers, and doctoral dissertations.

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