19 Difficulties with APA

Obviously, as we all have no doubt run into problems formatting our papers, APA format can be very hard and confusing at times. I know I've spent a lot of time changing my references. One time I think that I have it right but end up finding from another source that what I initially thought was right was wrong. The Perdue Owl source that Prof. Hamon gave us was really helpful in allowing me to fix my references and get them in the right format. Unfortunately, for the in-text citation portion I was still having trouble finding exactly what to do. This is where the handbook that we had to buy for this class really came in handy. There's a lot of useful information in there on how to cite sources depending on how you introduce your source in the paper. I found that instead of just putting a quote in there and the author's name and date after each one, it's good to change up how you present them, such as introducing the author or institution that you are citing from before you mention your data. This way it makes your paper a little more interesting to read and can even help the flow of your paper overall if used correctly.