Intro to APA Format

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Intro to APA Format

• 5th Edition

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APA Style

• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Information is from, The Writing Lab OWL at
  Purdue University and Purdue University.
• You may print and distribute pages of the Purdue
  OWL's instructional materials (our handouts) at
  no charge if the materials for classroom use or
  for use in preparing lessons. However, you may
  print no more than 200 copies of each document
  and copies of no more than 20 separate documents
  annually. (Stolley, 2006).

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General Format

• Typed
• Double-spaced
• 8.5 X 11 inches with 1 inch margins
• Font 12-pt. font (Times New Roman or Courier are
  acceptable typefaces)
• Alignment Flush left (creating uneven right
  margin)         
• Paragraph Indentation 5-7 spaces
• Active voice As a general rule, use the active
  voice rather than the passive voice. For example,
  use "We predicted that ..." rather than "It was
  predicted that ..."

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General Format Title Page

• Use the General Format part of the handout to
  find problems with the title page to the left.

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References

• Label as, References
• All lines after the first line of each entry in
  your reference list should be indented one-half
  inch from the left margin.
• Authors name are inverted (last name first)
• Give the last name and initials
• Reference list entries should be alphabetized by
  the last name of the first author of each work.

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References

• Use the handout to find problems with the
  references page.

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In-Text Citations Plagiarism
Taken from Stolen WordsBy Thomas Mallon We
take pleasure in imitations of life, and our
imitative capacities make us want to imitate not
only life but lifes imitations, too.

• We take pleasure in imitations of life, and our
  imitative capacities make us want to imitate not
  only life but lifes imitations, too.
• People take delight in imitations of life, we
  want to imitate lifes imitations, not just life.

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In-Text Citations Plagiarism
Taken from Stolen WordsBy Thomas Mallon We
take pleasure in imitations of life, and our
imitative capacities make us want to imitate not
only life but lifes imitations, too.

• According to Mallow (2006), We take pleasure in
  imitations of life, and our imitative capacities
  make us want to imitate not only life but lifes
  imitations, too (p. 3).
• People take delight in imitations of life, we
  want to imitate lifes imitations, not just life
  (Mallow, 2006, p.3).

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Assignment

• Pick a simple topic.
• Find 3 sources.
• Book (try Amazon.com)
• Journal articles (try http//scholar.google.com/)
• Magazines or Newspaper
• Make a reference page for you 3 sources.
• Use your name as the running head.
• Format the page correctly.