apa style and citations
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APA 6th Edition presentation for nursing studentsTRANSCRIPT
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 Citations
One Author
• Last name
• Comma
• Year
• Page # if quote
In-Text Citations
Multiple Authors
• First time: list them all.
• Two exceptions
• Same first
author and
year
• Six or more
authors
Guidelines for In-
Text Citations
References
Article with DOI
• Digital Object Identifier
• Newer articles have them
• Do not capitalize doi
References
Article 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
References
American 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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