APA Academic Writer

Introduction to APA’s Academic Writer

Academic Writer, a service put forth by the American Psychological Association, is a service that can both be used to manage your references as you write your papers as well as to help you format your paper in APA style. During your time as a matriculated student, you can access Academic Writer to help you with your work.

How to Access Academic Writer

To access Academic Writer, navigate to the Library home page. In the “Writing Center” dropdown menu, select the bottom option called “APA Academic Writer”. This will give you an option to sign in.  Academic Writer must verify you have permission to use the service.

Click here for a tutorial on how to access Academic Writer and create an account.

Creating and Managing Your APA Academic Writer Account

To fully access all the services that Academic Writer has to offer, you will need to set up an Academic Writer account. Otherwise, you will not be able to save papers or references.

On the upper right, select the “Welcome” dropdown menu and select “Log in”. If you previously have an account, here is where you can sign in, but otherwise, you will need to click “Create an Account.” Then fill in your information, and agree to the terms, and submit.

About Academic Writer

Academic Writer has much for you to explore and discover that might be helpful to you. The following tabs are described below.

The Learn Tab – This tab has many tutorials, quizzes, and guides that you can watch to learn about APA style and academic writer.  For the quizzes you will need to take on APA style and for your research needs, the 7^th edition of the APA manual has the final say and includes what you need to know.

The Reference Tab – This tab is where you can go in order to store, organize, and manage your references that you would like to include in your papers.

The Write Tab – This tab is where you can go to store, organize, and manage your papers.

Academic Writer Tips & Updates

It is better for you to begin papers in APA Academic Writer and export it to Word for finishing, rather than to begin papers in Word and import into Academic Writer. To get the most out of the service, use APA Academic Writer first to begin your paper.

Tips

Remember - APA Academic Writer offers a number of online tutorials on various APA Style constructions with plenty of visual aids and examples to reinforce your learning. With its friendly interface, APA Academic Writer serves students who are new to academic writing and APA style, as well as those who are more advanced in their academic careers but need to deepen their understanding of APA style rules. A few important notes:

• As you work through the tutorials, Academic Writer will not save your place or remember you have completed a tutorial. It is strongly suggested that you complete each tutorial in one attempt. 
• Some of the tutorials are longer than others. Please be prepared to spend the needed time to read through the materials. You are expected to use APA style in all of your assignments at DMU.
• When you finish working through a tutorial, please take as screen shot of your completion and upload the image to complete the training. If you need guidance on where to find the indicator of completion, please review this step by step guide:

To Locate a Tutorial in Academic Writer

 Once at the Academic Writer website, click on the Learn tab. Then click the Go To Tutorials button. You can search for a tutorial (i.e. if the link did not work properly; your session timed out and you are returning to the site; etc.) by entering the title of the tutorial in the search box. You can also click the Browse by title radio button and the list of titles will display. When your selected tutorial displays, click Start.