Apa formatting (Overview and basic formatting)

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 Expectations
 Basic Formatting
 Title Page
 Body
 Reference List
APA Formatting
Reference
American Psychological Association (2010). Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.

Paper
 8 ½ x 11 inch paper
 1 inch margins

Font
 Times New Roman
 12 pt font
 Black font
Note: Be cautious of the running head and
page number!
1.
2
3

Paragraphs
 Indented 1/2 an inch (p. 229)
 Double spaced (p. 229)
 Minimum 3 sentences
 Avoid overly long
paragraphs (p. 68)

File Format
 Rich Text Format
 Microsoft Word

Title (p.23)
Avoid abbreviations
No more than 12 words
Your Name
Institutional Affiliation
Other: Course Code, Instructor, Due Date
Abbreviated Title
(p.229)

No “Running head”
The first page of your
essay is page 2

Titles must match. The title should be centered at
the top of the page. It should not be bolded. The
title is not considered a heading.

Introduction
 No heading (p. 27)
 Articulate the issue
 Hook the reader
 Significance
 Relevance
 No first person
 No “purpose of this paper”

Citations(pp. 174 to 179)
Narrative
Authour surname and date of publication
In parentheses

Citations (p. 177)
 One or Two authors – always include surnames and date
 Three to five authors, only include all author surnames in the
first citation
 Subsequent citations will include only the first author's surname
followed by "et al."
 Six or more authors only cite the first author's surname,
followed by "et al.", even the first time the source is used
within the paper.
"et al." means and others.

If more than one source is being cited, separate
them with a semicolon and list them in the order
they appear in the reference list.

& vs. “and”
 When citing in parentheses
use …
 When citing in the
narrative use …

Abbreviations (pp. 106 to 111)
 Write them out the first
time they appear in a paper
 Must be recognizable
 Use judiciously
Abbreviations that are listed as
words in the dictionary do not
need to be written out.

 Paraphrasing is preferred
 Include quotation marks and a page number
 Must be incorporated into one of your own sentences
 Recall that “if the quotation comprises 40 or more words,
display it in a freestanding block of text and omit the
quotation marks” (American Psychological Association,
2010, p. 171)
Quotations (pp. 169 to 174)

 In general, use numerals for numbers 10 and over; use
words for numbers bellow 10.
 There are several exceptions to this rule
Numbers(pp. 111 - 114)

 Use only what is required
 Facilitates organization
 Do not use one for the
introduction
 Do not use numbers or letters
Headings(pp. 62 - 63)

References
 New page
 Page break
 Pages 180 to 224 of the
APA manual for more
information and examples

References
 Double spaced
 Hanging indents
 Keep authors in the order
listed
 Be careful if using
software
 Helps readers find the
source

Authour, A. A., & Authour, B. B. (year). Title of the
article. Name of the Journal, Volume(Issue), page range.
doi: orbuvaehrnbv
Authour, A. A., & Authour, B. B. (year). Title of the
article. Name of the Journal, Volume(Issue), page range.
Retrieved from http://orbuvaehrnbv
Journal Article (Periodicals pp. 198 – 200)

Authour, A. A., & Authour, B. B. (year). Title of the book.
Location: Publisher.
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of chapter. In B. B. Editor
(Ed.), Title of book (pp. xxx–xxx). Location: Publisher.
Book (pp. 202 – 205)

Author, A. (date). Title of document [Format description].
Retrieved from http://orbuvaehrnbv
*Links can be left live
Website

Online
Authour, A. (2018, January 20). Title of the news post.
Newspaper Name. Retrieved from www.website.com
Print
Authour, A. (2018, January 20). Title of the news post.
Newspaper Name, pp. A7, A10.
Newspaper Article (p. 200)

Killam, L. A. (2018, January 28). APA formatting
[PowerPoint presentation]. Retrieved from
http://apa.nursekillam.com/
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