Guides: SOBA 200: Professional Communications: Citing in APA Style

APA Style

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020
Publication Date: 2019
Print Book 2020 , Seventh edition.

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Citing the Occupational Outlook Handbook

Citing the OOH
OOH research is conducted by economists in the Employment Projections program at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The projections and wage data in the OOH are updated annually.

A list of acknowledgments for the OOH is available. BLS suggests the following citation, which conforms to the U.S. Government Printing Office’s style guide, for the OOH website:

"Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, [article title], on the Internet at [http web address] (visited [date accessed])."

The suggested citation for each profile can be found on the bottom of the web page. For example, the citation for Biomedical Engineers profile is as follows:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Biomedical Engineers, on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/biomedical-engineers.htm (visited October 24, 2017).

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Examples for Occupational Outlook Handbook citations in APA 7th

For the physical therapist entry in the OOH:

U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Physical therapists. In Occupational outlook handbook.
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physical-therapists.htm

For the registered nurse entry in the OOH:

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2020, April 10). Registered nurse. In Occupational outlook handbook.
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/registered-nurses.htm

Citing CareerOneStop (APA 7th)

Examples of citations for CareerOneStop Information.

For the salary finder tool, here is the APA 7th citation:

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. (2021). Salary finder. CareerOneStop.
https://www.careeronestop.org/Toolkit/Wages/find-salary.aspx

For the skills matcher tool

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. (2021). Salary finder. CareerOneStop.

https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/Skills/skills-matcher.aspx

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How to create an abstract

This section outlines what an abstract is and the elements to include in an abstract.

Abstract and Keywords Guide
ABSTRACT: The abstract needs to provide a brief but
comprehensive summary of the contents of your paper. It provides an overview of the paper and helps readers decide whether to read the full text. Limit your abstract to 250 words.
APA Citations, 7th ed. - Abstracts (includes a sample)
Created by the librarians at Morningside University's Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Learning Center.

From Purdue University (OWL):

ABSTRACT

Begin a new page. Your abstract page should already include the page header (described above). On the first line of the abstract page, center and bold the word “Abstract” (no italics, underlining, or quotation marks).

Beginning with the next line, write a concise summary of the key points of your research. (Do not indent.) Your abstract should contain at least your research topic, research questions, participants, methods, results, data analysis, and conclusions. You may also include possible implications of your research and future work you see connected with your findings. Your abstract should be a single paragraph, double-spaced. Your abstract should typically be no more than 250 words.

You may also want to list keywords from your paper in your abstract. To do this, indent as you would if you were starting a new paragraph, type Keywords: (italicized), and then list your keywords. Listing your keywords will help researchers find your work in databases.

Sample Abstract (text is in Latin):

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