APA, 5th Edition Made Easy

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APA, 5th Edition Made Easy

• Created by Dr. Freda Turner, UOP Faculty
• Adapted by Barbara Taylor, Instructional
  Specialist

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APA, 5th Edition Released Aug 2001
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Basics

• Font Times New Roman, 12 point
• Margins, 1.0 all around- unjustified right
  margin. (Left margin can be 1 l/2 inch if
  professor requests that it be bound.)
• Everything is double-spaced

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Title Page

• Page numbers start with title page.
• Header includes 2 or 3 words from title, then 5
  spaces and page number.
• See example of title page on next slide.

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Title page 1
Running head APA IS EASY  
Title of Paper

Your name Name of University
         
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Text Pages

• Title is centered on first page of text.
• All paragraphs are indented 5-7 spaces
• Everything is double-spaced
• Must have at least 2 lines of a paragraph at the
  bottom of the page and 2 at the top of the page.

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3 Easy Rules on Quotes

• Short quotes with fewer than 40 words are
  incorporated into text and enclosed by quotation
  marks.
• Example
• Approximately 27 of the workforce displays poor
  emotional intelligence (APA, 2001, p. 121).

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The Quote the Period Rules

• Quote in Mid sentence. End the passage with
  quotation marks, cite the source in parentheses
  immediately after the quotation marks and
  continue the sentence with no period.
• Example
• She stated, The placebo effect disappeared
  (APA, 2001, p. 121) but she did not clarify.

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Quote at the End of the Sentence

• End quote with the punctuation outside the final
  parenthesis.
• Example
• Miele (1993) found the placebo effect
  disappeared (p. 276).

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The Block Quote

• Cite the quoted source after the final
  punctuation mark.
• Example
• Meiele (1993) found the following
• APA is much easier than MLA format,
• and students learn it quickly. (p. 176)

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Long Quotes 40 or More Words

• Example
• Miele (1993) found the following
• The placebo effect which had been
• verified in previous studies,
• disappeared when behaviors were
• studied in this manner. Furthermore,
• the behaviors were never exhibited
• again. (p. 276)

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Electronic References

• Documents retrieved from the Internet should
  include Internet source, document title, date
  retrieved (URL or uniform resource locator).
• Electronic Example
• As Myers (2000, para 5) aptly phrased it,
  positive emotions are great.

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Example of Electronic Retrieved Article

• Fredrickson, B. L. (2000, March 7).

Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health
and well-being. Prevention Treatment.
Retrieved November 20, 2000, from
http//journals.apa.org.html.
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Reference or References

• Reference page follows text and references must
  be discussed in text.
• Double space and 1st line is flush left with
  remaining lines of reference indented 5 spaces.
  See example, next slide.

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References
Example 4

• Elkind, D. (1978). The child's reality Three
  developmental themes. New York Lawrence Erlbaum
  Associates.
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• Issac, G. (1995). Is bipolar disorder the most
  common diagnostic entity in hospitalized
  adolescents and children? Adolescents, 30 (118),
  273-276.

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Appendix

• Type the word ltAppendixgt in upper and lower case
  with the identifying capital letters (A, B,) at
  the top of the page.
• Appendix contains detailed info that would be
  distracting to read in the text -like a list of
  survey questions.
• Must be discussed in text if included.

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Tables

• Table usually presents quantitative data - if
  included, must be discussed in text.
• Everything on table is double-spaced
• Number all tables with Arabic numbers (1,2,3),
  double space, and then clear title.
• Example

Table 1 Delta Airlines 52-week Stock Tracking
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Figure

• Each figure numbered consecutively in the order
  in which first mentioned in the text.
• Figures are photographs, drawings or
  non-quantitative data.
• Each figure must have a caption, inserted at the
  top left.
• Example
• Figure 1. New Boeing Aircraft Design

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Order of APA Pages

• Title page with running head, title, byline, and
  school name
• Abstract - if required by instructor
• Text
• References
• Appendixes on separate page
• Tables on separate page
• Figures on separate page

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Common APA FeloniesFailure to

• Double space EVERYTHING
• Have unjustified (ragged) right edge
• Quotes need 3 things (authors last name,year of
  publication and pg/para number)
• References flush left for first line - never use
  authors first name - only initials.