Skip to Main Content

Citation and Style Guide Help

Help for APA, MLA, AMA, ICMJE, and Chicago styles

APA Publication Manual, 6th edition

APA One Page Style Guide

This style guide handout contains general APA guidance and examples of common formats.  The document is one page, double sided.

The handout should not be used as a substitute for consulting with the official style guide manuals.

APA Citation Presentation

Citing a Clinical Trial

Below is a sample citation from the APA Style Experts on how to cite a clinical trial from clinicaltrials.gov:

Patient Centered Cloud-based Electronic System: Ambient Warning and Response Evaluation (ProCCESs AWARE). (2014). Retrieved from https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02039297?term=Patient+Centered+Cloud-based+Electronic+System%3A+Ambient+Warning+and+Response+Evaluation&draw=2&rank=1

(Identification No. NCT02039297)

It should be doulbe-spaced and use a hanging indent format (not available here).