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APA Style Guide

+Introduction

This format was developed by behavioural scientists

APA stands for American Psychcological Assosiation

Term papers

Research reports

Literature review

Case studies

Journal articles

Where did it come from ? How it is used?

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Formatting Formating you paper in APA style meaning paying attention ot mechnial details such as typeface, linespacing, margins, and page headers.

Use a Serif or Sans serif style font Times New Roman Arial

Double space entire paper including references, text, and titles

Indent each paragraph by one-half include (or one tab)

Algin the text to the left hand margin

This section will discuss the basic formating tricks :

+Sample of Heading

+Page Formatting

Put Pages in the following order:

Page 1 : title page

Page 2: Abstract

Page 3: Beginning of text

References begin on a new page after the last page of text

Each appendix begins on a new page

+Headings and Sections

Headings help readers find key points of your paper

They help track and develop your thoughts of the paper

APA has 5 levels of heading outlines

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Citing References

Cite works of those individuals whose ideas, theories, or finding have directly influenced your work, even if you are just borrowing ideas (paraphrasing)

To avoiod Plagiarism, take carefult notes you research to keep track of all sources and collect the information you need to cite properly

The following section illstrates how to format citations

+Citing References in Text APA Style citaitons use author-date system. This way

the reader can reference the citation in your reference list

To insert a citation in text, include the author’s surname and year of publication

For a direct quote include page number or specific location of the phrase or sentences in the orginal work

When paraphrasing here are some examples:Jack (2008) found that Jill came tumbling after

It is clear that Jill went up the hill to fetch a pale of water (Jack, 2008) In 2008, Jack’s study of gravity proved that steep hills make people tumble

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The following chart explains how to cite in-text

+In-text citation

When you need to cite two or more works together, arrange the citation alphabetically in the same order they appear in the reference list

Here are some examples of citations:

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The pusrpose is for the readers to find the sources you used Put references in order by author’s last name Use hanging paragraph style ( can be found in microsoft

word under formatt paragraph Indentation hanging)

Reference List

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References

The following is usually needed to make a citations :

Author name or names Publiation date Title of work Publication data

Example of a journal article referenced:

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Journal articles References Here are instructions for formatting references in journal

articles : Italicize the journal title and volume number Include the issue number in parentheses Type of DOI in the format in the first example- no period at

the end of DOI (*DOI: Digital object Identifier : given to an electronic

documents) Most information of the journal article will be on the article

or the data base you are using to access it

+Referencing Books

Type the title of the book I sentence case. Capitlize the first word following a colon (if there is a subtitle) or period.

If you cite an electronic book give information about the format in square brackets after the title

For electronic books also give DOI or URL that you accessed it on

The following are examples of how to format the third is if there is a corporate author that is the same as the publisher

+Resources Sample Paper

http://supp.apa.org/style/PM6E-Corrected-Sample-Papers.pdf

Sample Appendix

http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/data/resources/sample-appendix.pdf

Sample References

http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/data/resources/references-sample.pdf

Online Formatting help

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

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This is Just a Guide

• Please consult you professor for any extra details

• All the information is from the Publicaiton

• Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)• More detail on this guide will be also in here

• Use the resources and you will have an amazing format