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APA Formatting Rebekah

The document provides guidelines for formatting a paper in APA style, including using 1-inch margins, Times New Roman font, double spacing, and a running head on every page. It outlines the essential sections of a paper like the title page, abstract, main body, and references section. The document also describes how to format in-text citations, headings, block quotes, references, and formatting headers and pages numbers.

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APA Formatting Rebekah

The document provides guidelines for formatting a paper in APA style, including using 1-inch margins, Times New Roman font, double spacing, and a running head on every page. It outlines the essential sections of a paper like the title page, abstract, main body, and references section. The document also describes how to format in-text citations, headings, block quotes, references, and formatting headers and pages numbers.

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APA

Formatting
Formatting
• 1” margins
• Times New Roman font
• Double-spaced
• Running head in all caps at top left of every
page
• Page number at top right of every page
Essential Parts
• Title Page

• Abstract

• Main Body

• References
Title Page
• Running head
– Running head: TITLE OR SHORTENED TITLE
– The words “Running head:” only appear on the title
page. Subsequent pages will only include the title
• Page number
• Centered on top half of the page:
– Title of Paper
– Name
– Institution Name
Abstract

• Running head and page number in header


• “Abstract” centered on first line
• First line of paragraph will not be indented
• 150-250 words, double-spaced
• Brief, comprehensive summary of the paper
• Not an introduction to the paper
• Will not contain citations
Headings
• Used to separate sections of the paper and
establish information hierarchy
• Use in order, beginning with Level 1
• Level 1
Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase
Heading
• Level 2
Left-aligned, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase
Heading
Headings
• Level 3
Indented, boldface, lowercase heading with a
period.
• Level 4
Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase heading
with a period.
• Level 5
Indented, italicized, lowercase heading with a
period.
In-Text Citations
• Used whenever directly quoting or paraphrasing from
another author’s work
• When paraphrasing, use author, date format:
– (Author last name, year)
• A citation for a direct quote should also include a page
number:
– (Author, year, p. #)
• If no author is given, used a shortened version of the
title in the citation
• If the publication date is unknown, use “n.d.” in its
place
Block Quotes
• Block quotes are 40 words or more.
• The entire quote is indented.
In-Text Citations
• For works with two authors, list both and use an
ampersand: (Smith & Jones, 2010)
• For works with 3 or more authors, list all in the first
citation: (Smith, Jones, & Brown, 2010), in subsequent
citations, list the first author and “et al.”: (Smith et al.,
2010)
• Classical works such as the Bible are only cited in-text.
Include the reference and version used: (1 Cor. 13:1,
Revised Standard Version)
References
• Include running head and page number
• Center “References” at the top of the page
• Every line after the first line of a reference
entry should be indented one-half inch from
the margin
• References are listed in alphabetical order by
the author’s last name
• Authors are listed last name first, followed by
first and middle initials
References
• All titles except journal titles have only the
first word capitalized
– Always capitalize proper nouns
– Capitalize the first word after a colon
• Article titles do not use quotation marks,
underlines, or italics
• Book titles should be italicized
Reference List
• Book
Author, A. A. (Publication Year). Title of work: Subtitle.
Location: Publisher.
– Separate multiple authors with commas
• Up to 7 authors
• For more than 7, follow with ellipsis (…), skip to last author,
list final author
– Use an ampersand (&) instead of the word “and”
• Article in a periodical
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical,
volume # (issue #), page #s.
Reference List, cont’d
• Article from an online periodical (with DOI)
– The digital object identifier (DOI) is a reference
number assigned to online periodical content
– Searchable in online databases (like an ISBN)
Author, A. A. (Date). Title of article. Title of
Online Periodical, volume # (issue #). pp-pp.
doi:xx.xxxx
Reference List, cont’d
• Article from an online periodical (without
DOI)
Author, A. A. (Date). Title of article. Title of
Online Periodical, volume # (issue #). pp-pp.
Retrieved from http://www.fullurl.com
• A web site
Author, A. A. (Date). Title of document.
Retrieved from http://www.fullurl.com
Formatting Headers
• Add your page numbers
Formatting Headers
• Click “Different First Page”
Formatting Headers
• Type your running head
• Tab twice and add your page number 1
Formatting Headers
• On page 2, click on the left until your cursor
appears there
• Add your title
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