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1
APA STYLE ESSENTIALS
  • 6th Edition (2010)

2
APA STYLE RESOURCES
  • http//blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/
  • http//www.apa.org/journals/authors/manuscript_che
    ck.html
  • http//www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.as
    px?doc_id796

3
General Document Guidelines
  • Margins
  • 1 inch on all sides
  • Font
  • 12-pt Times New Roman
  • Line Spacing
  • Double space throughout
  • Text Spacing
  • Single space after commas, colons, semicolons
  • Double space after end of sentence punctuation

4
General Document Guidelines
  • Paragraph indent
  • 5-7 spaces
  • Alignment
  • Flush Left (uneven right margin)
  • Pagination
  • Page on every page, 1 inch from right edge of
    paper, top line
  • Running head
  • lt 50 characters total
  • Top line (header), flush left, on every page

5
Document sections TITLE PAGE
  • Running head pagination (1)
  • Title
  • Upper- lower-case, centered, upper half of page
  • Recommended lt 12 words
  • Author(s)
  • Line below title, centered
  • Name(s) onlyalways use same name format
  • Institutional affiliation
  • Line below title, centered
  • Author Note (not needed for class essays)

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Document sections ABSTRACT
  • Running head pagination (2)
  • Heading
  • Abstract (centered on line below running head)
  • One paragraph
  • Usually 150-250 words (varies by journal)
  • No paragraph indent
  • NOTE ABSTRACT NOT NEEDED FOR CLASS ESSAYS

8
Document sections BODY
  • Running head pagination (3)
  • Title
  • Upper- lower-case, centered
  • 1st line below running head
  • Introduction (not labeled)
  • Headings
  • Level 1
  • Method, Results, Discussion, References
  • Centered, bold, upper- and lower-case
  • Level 2
  • Subheadings (Participants, Procedure, Measures)
  • Flush Left, bold, upper- lower-case

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Text Citations (IF USED)
  • In sentence
  • Wirth and Mitchell (1994) found that.
  • In parentheses
  • One study found. (Wirth Mitchell, 1994)
  • 1 or 2 authors
  • Always list both
  • 3-5 authors
  • List all last names the first time
  • After that Smith et al. (2007)

11
Text Citations
  • 6 or more authors
  • Smith et al. is used every time
  • Direct quotations
  • Include page number after reference
  • (Smith et al., 2007, p. 231)
  • If under 40 words
  • Place quotation in text between marks
  • If over 40 words
  • Display in freestanding block, indented, without
    marks

12
References
  • Hanging
  • 1st line of each reference flush left
  • Subsequent lines indented
  • References listed alphabetically
  • If more by exact same author(s) list in
    chronological date of publication, earliest first

13
References Article
  • McAnulty, R.D., McGuire, L.E. McAnulty, D.P.
    (1989). A cross-
  • cultural comparison of attitudes toward
    alcohol among
  • French and United States college
    students. The
  • International Journal of the Addictions,
    24(12), 1229-1236.
  • If more than 7 authors
  • McAnulty, R.D., McGuire, L.E., McAnulty, D.P.,
    Rappaport, N.B.,
  • Waggoner, C.E., Ruggerio, L., . . .
    Brantley, P.J. (1986).

14
References Books
  • BOOK
  • Diamant, L. McAnulty, R. D.,. (1995). The
    psychology of sexual
  • orientation, behavior and identity A
    handbook.
  • Westport, CT Greenwood Press.
  • CHAPTER IN EDITED BOOK
  • Long, P. J. (1995). Perpetrators of incest. In L.
    Diamant R. D.
  • McAnulty (Eds.), The psychology of sexual
  • orientation, behavior and identity A
    handbook.
  • Westport, CT Greenwood Press.
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