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Sometimes you can copy a reference from the citing article.

However, I just wanted to share this tip for quickly getting APA formatted references for when you find an article through Google Scholar.

  • Set Google scholar preferences to permit exporting of Bibtex refences
  • Search in Google scholar for your article; click on Import in BibtexImport into Bibtex
  • Copy the bibtex reference to the clipboard
  • Paste into this form: http://ref.lexique.org/
  • Copy and paste results (an APA formatted reference) into your answer

Feel free to share any other tips for getting formatted references into Stack Exchange answers.

Sometimes you can copy a reference from the citing article.

However, I just wanted to share this tip for quickly getting APA formatted references for when you find an article through Google Scholar.

  • Set Google scholar preferences to permit exporting of Bibtex refences
  • Search in Google scholar for your article; click on Import in Bibtex
  • Copy the bibtex reference to the clipboard
  • Paste into this form: http://ref.lexique.org/
  • Copy and paste results (an APA formatted reference) into your answer

Feel free to share any other tips for getting formatted references into Stack Exchange answers.

Sometimes you can copy a reference from the citing article.

However, I just wanted to share this tip for quickly getting APA formatted references for when you find an article through Google Scholar.

  • Set Google scholar preferences to permit exporting of Bibtex refences
  • Search in Google scholar for your article; click on Import into Bibtex
  • Copy the bibtex reference to the clipboard
  • Paste into this form: http://ref.lexique.org/
  • Copy and paste results (an APA formatted reference) into your answer

Feel free to share any other tips for getting formatted references into Stack Exchange answers.

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Jeromy Anglim
  • 30.8k
  • 16
  • 26

Tips for efficiently getting APA references into Stack Exchange

Sometimes you can copy a reference from the citing article.

However, I just wanted to share this tip for quickly getting APA formatted references for when you find an article through Google Scholar.

  • Set Google scholar preferences to permit exporting of Bibtex refences
  • Search in Google scholar for your article; click on Import in Bibtex
  • Copy the bibtex reference to the clipboard
  • Paste into this form: http://ref.lexique.org/
  • Copy and paste results (an APA formatted reference) into your answer

Feel free to share any other tips for getting formatted references into Stack Exchange answers.