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Public Health

This guide has library resources to help you conduct research related to public health.

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The UNLV School of Public Health adheres to the American Psychological Association 7th edition Manual of Style (APA). This page contains resources about using the American Psychological Association 7th edition Manual of Style to format your citations and bibliography, as well as general resources on citing sources in order to avoid plagiarism.

APA Style Guides

  Examples

   NOTE: APA 7th edition does use hanging indents. The examples below do not display a hanging indent. 

   Academic Journals

Seltenrich, N. (2022). Odor control in the cannabis industry: Lessons from the new kid on the block. Environmental Health Perspectives130(6), 062001-1-062001-6. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP11449

Powell, D., & Gard, M. (2015). The governmentality of childhood obesity: Coca-Cola, public health and primary schools. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education36(6), 854–867. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2014.905045

Knifsend, C. A., Green, L. A., & Clifford, K. L. (2020). Extracurricular participation, collective self-esteem, and academic outcomes among college students. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research25(4), 318–326. https://doi.org/10.24839/2325-7342.JN25.4.318

   Books

Agnello, de Boer, M., Iida, P., Araki, N., & Ruegg, R. (2020). The concise APA handbook. Information Age Publishing. 

   Book Chapter

O'Neil, J. M., & Egan, J. (2022). Men's and women's gender role journeys: A metaphor for healing, transition, and transformation. In B. R. Wainrib (Ed.), Gender issues across the life cycle (pp. 107-123). Springer.

   Datasets

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2022). Indiana income limits [Data set].  https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/il/il2022/2022summary.odn

  For more specific examples, please refer to the following guides:

Avoiding Plagiarism

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