Create & manage citations

Cite and manage your sources

As a Royal Roads student, you'll be required to use APA Style to cite sources in your assignments. The resources in this section will help you do so.

For APA citation support, review the resources linked below or contact the Writing Centre.

Citation managers are software that help you collect and keep track of the articles, books, and other materials you reference in your academic writing. Your citation manager can also generate in-text citations and reference lists directly in your MS Word documents. RRU Library supports Zotero, a free open-source citation manager. Consult the guide below to learn more.

APA 7th edition

Learn more about the APA Style (7th ed.) rules and test your knowledge.

Zotero

Practical instructions for installing and using Zotero citation manager.

Plagiarism

Learn what plagiarism is and the potential consequences of plagiarizing while you're a student at RRU.

Legal citation

Learn more about how to cite Canadian legal materials using the rules of the McGill Law Journal's "Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation."

Questions about citation?

Search through hundreds of FAQs on APA Style, or send a message to the Writing Centre for additional support.

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