APA Citation Style Guideline

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Introduction to APA Citation

• APA- American Psychological Association
• An efficient writing style mostly preferred in
  the field of social sciences
• APA writing style regulates Stylistics, In-text
  Citations and related References
• Ensures appropriate use of Personal pronouns and
  Active voice
• APA writing style demands specific, condensed and
  fact based descriptive language

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How Much Boon Can APA Style be?

• The mellow writing need of APA format makes it
  unexampled.
• Consistent citation of data in APA style ease
  down the process of verifying the sources
• Formatting of the text is made easier
• A systematic layout of data is made, giving the
  reader an in-depth learning on the topic

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Types of APA Papers

• APA paper can either be an Experimental Report or
  a Literature Review
• However, not necessarily all papers are either of
  the above mentioned.
• It can be according to your situation and demand

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Format of APA Citation

• Your APA document should be
• thoroughly typed
• have 1 margins
• Double-spaced
• Use 10-12 pt. standard font
• Print on a standard-sized paper of 8.5 x 11

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Format of APA Citation

• Your APA document should have the following
  format
• A page header with the page number in the upper
  right
• Title page
• Abstract
• Main body
• References

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In-text citations

• In-text citations are keys to the reader to
  locate the cited source in the reference
  location.
• While using any source authors name and date of
  publication must be provided in footnote.
• For quotation and close paraphrasing authors
  name, date of publication and page number needs
  to be mentioned.

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In-text citationssignal words

• Introduce proper quotations with signal phrases
• Make use of signal verbs
• Use the past tense or the present perfect tense
  of verbs in signal phrases when they discuss past
  events.
• Parenthetical citation including two or more work
  must be ordered in the same way as the reference
  list.

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APA heading levels

• APA uses a system of five heading levels
• Level 1-Centered, Boldfaced, Upper Lowercase
  Headings
• Level 2-Left-aligned, Boldface, Upper Lowercase
  Headings
• Level 3- Indented, boldface, lowercase heading
  with a period
• Level 4- Indented, boldface, italicized,
  lowercase heading with period
• Level 5- Indented, italicized, lowercase heading
  with a period

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