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APA STYLE ESSENTIALS

• 6th Edition (2010)

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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).

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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.