APA Style

Dr. MaryAnn Butler-Pearson

APA Style Used for

Term papers Research papers Empirical studies Literature Theoretical articles Methodological articles Case studies

Parts of the APA Style Paper Title Page Abstract Introduction Main Body References Appendices

Format

Typed/Word Processed Double-spaced Font with serif - Times New Roman 1 inch margins on all sides

Title Page http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Running Head - a short title of your paper in capital letters flush left at the top of the page

Page Number - flush right at the top of the page

Title of Your Paper- no more than 12 words in length

Your Name -avoid using titles or degree

Your school affiliation

ABSTRACT http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ - Abstract

Concise summary of the key points of your research

Should be 4 or 5 sentences or about 100 words

You may include some “key words” that will help other researchers find your work in databases

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MAIN BODY Begins on Page 3 Title of paper in capital and lower case letters

is centered one line below the running head An introduction to the work is written one line

below the title. It is not labeled Do not use first person pronouns. Refer to

yourself as “the writer,” “the researcher,” or another form in the 3rd person.

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REFERENCES

Arrange reference list entries in alphabetical order by the surname of the first author or by title if there is no author.

References cited in text must appear in the reference list and vice versa. The only exceptions to this rule are personal communications and secondary sources, which are cited in text only and not included in the reference list.

REFERENCES Hanging indents should be used for the

reference list entries. This means that all lines after the first line of each entry should be indented one half inch from the left margin

Example:Marshall, J. A. (2005). The mental and

emotional life of adults. New York, NY: Statue Enterprises.

REFERENCES

Capitalize only the first letter of the first word in the article or book title. Proper nouns are also capitalized as well as the word following a colon (subtitle).

Double space between lines in a reference and between references

http://www.library.ubc.ca/ubco/apastyle.html

REFERENCES

Journal titles should have every major word capitalized

Italicize journal titles, volume numbers and even the comma following the journal title. Do not italicize issue numbers (i.e., the number which appears in parentheses after the volume number)

http://www.library.ubc.ca/ubco/apastyle.html - Web

REFERENCES

Web DocumentsLegal DocumentsMediahttp://www.library.ubc.ca/ubco/apastyle.html#Web

REFERENCES

Self-citation It is plagiarism if you use content

from a previous work you created unless you list it in your reference page.

You must also cite it in your new work

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CITATIONS IN TEXT

Write the author’s last name followed by a comma followed by the publication years.

This information is enclosed in parentheses

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TABLES AND FIGURES Necessary Double spaced Brief title Referenced in text

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APA WebsitesNEW TO APA?

Flash Tutorial on Learning the Basics of APA Style

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx

http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm Sample Papers, Appendices and referenceshttp://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm

APA Websites

FAMILIAR WITH APA AND NEED INFORMATION ON THE JULY 2009 EDITION CHANGES?

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APA Websites

http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/apa.html

References

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Last edited by Allen Brizee on October 24th 2009 at 3:07PM). APA Guide. Retrieved October 30, 2009 from http://Web address for OWL resource.

American Psychological Association (APA) (Last edited July 2009). APA Guide. Retrieved October 30, 2009 from http://www.apastyle.org/index.aspx