apa style and citations
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APA STYLE AND CITATIONS
Daytona State College Library, Fall 2014
Title Page and Abstract
• Instructions for setting up a paper in Word are on the Nursing Research Guide
• Elements of the title page:
• Running head• Title• Author name
and affiliation• Abstract: one-
paragraph summary of your paper
First Page of Paper
• The title appears twice
• Once as running head
• Once as centered title
• Page numbering: done with running head
Doing Quotations
• Remember: you have to cite whether you quote or paraphrase.
In-Text CitationsOne Author
• Last name• Comma• Year• Page # if
quote
In-Text CitationsMultiple Authors
• First time: list them all.
• Two exceptions
• Same first author and year
• Six or more authors
Guidelines for In-Text Citations
ReferencesArticle with DOI
• Digital Object Identifier
• Newer articles have them
• Do not capitalize doi
ReferencesArticle Without
DOI
• Must include a URL
• CINAHL and other EBSCO databases: Retrieved from http://ebscohost.com/
• Nursing Collection (Ovid): http://ovid.com/
• Note: EBSCO cite tool does it WRONG
References Page
• The word References is centered at the top of the page
• Alphabetical order
• Hanging indent
ReferencesAmerican Psychological Association. (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.Menchine, M., Probst, M.A., Agy, C., Bach, D., & Arora, S. (2011). Diagnostic accuracy of venous blood gas electrolytes for identifying diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department. Academic Emergency Medicine, 18, 1105-1108. doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01158.x
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