American Political Science Association (APSA)
Style Manual for Political Science by Library 3rd Floor - Research Help Desk JA86 .A52 2006
Free PDF from APSA website (Revised 2018 Edition)
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APSA stands for the American Political Science Association. It is the citation style used by many political science scholars and is primarily based on Chicago Style (seventeenth edition) but gives special attention to documents produced within the United States government. It is the style used in all APSA journals.
There is a specific formatting style required by APSA, as well as two parts to how you must cite sources, which are:
- Parenthetical in-text author-date system directing readers to the reference list.
- A reference list which appears at the end of the text.
Helpful Online Guides
APSA Style Manual: Parenthetical Citations
- See APSA's website for examples on how to to do parenthetical citations for most commonly used materials in political science papers.
- See APSA's website for examples on how to to do the references for most commonly used materials in political science papers.