APA 7: STUDENT EDITION BASICS

[Pages:5]APA 7: STUDENT EDITION BASICS

APA General Formatting Rules:

1. Font: New Times Roman, size 12. 2. Spacing: Double space the whole document. 3. Indentation: Intent each paragraph .5". 4. Headings: Level 1 headings centered in bold, level 2 subheadings justified left in bold 5. Main Body Title: Center title of the paper in bold on the first main body page 6. Page Numbers: Upper right corner on all pages of the document, starting on the title

page and continuing through the reference page.

Title Page:

1. The title page should be separate from the main body of the paper 2. Title page information should be positioned in the upper middle part of the page,

approximately 3" from the top of the page. 3. All information should be double space and centered. 4. Include the following information on your title page:

? Title of paper (Capitalized in bold with an extra space after the title.) ? Your first and last name ? Your institution (College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts

Boston) ? Course number: Course name ? Instructor's name and title if needed ? Assignment due date

Example of a Title Page

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Abstract:

Please check your assignment to see if an abstract is required for your paper. It may not be.

1. The abstract should be a separate page from the main body of the paper. 2. The word Abstract should be centered in bold on the first page of the abstract page 3. Do not indent any part of the text 4. The paragraph should be double spaced 5. Include a keywords section at the end of the abstract, indent the first line .5" and italicize

the word "Keywords" while leaving the keywords themselves without any formatting. See below:

Keywords: multimodal, opioid, post-operative, pain scale.

APA Intext Citations:

Intext citations state the source information. There are two main types of intext citations:

1. Parenthetical Citation: The citation appears at the end of the sentence. Deliberate plagiarism is considered a serious violation (Smith & Jones, 2014).

2. Narrative Citation: The citation is part of the grammatical sentence. As Reed (2009) has shown, plagiarism is a serious issue for universities.

Examples of Intext Citations

1. One author a) The author claims that plagiarism has become a bigger issue (Smith, 2014). b) As Smith (2014) has shown, plagiarism is a serious issue for universities. c) In 2014, Smith found that plagiarism is becoming increasingly widespread.

2. Two authors a) The authors claim plagiarism has become a bigger issue (Smith & Jones, 2014). b) As Smith and Jones (2014) have shown, plagiarism is a serious issue for universities. c) In 2014, Smith and Jones found that plagiarism is becoming increasingly widespread.

3. Multiple authors For 3 or more authors, list only the first author's last name followed by "et al." a) The authors claim that plagiarism has become a bigger issue (Kernis et al., 1993) b) According to Kernis et al. (1993), plagiarism is a serious issue for universities. c) In 1993, Kernis et al. found that plagiarism is becoming increasingly widespread.

4. Direct quotations: Direct quotes need quotation marks and page numbers where known. a) The author claims that "plagiarism has become a bigger issue" (Smith, 2014, p. 170). b) As Smith (2014) has shown, "plagiarism has become a bigger issue" (p. 170).

5. Online article: No author, date or title a) Health Issues like diabetes, opioid use and the impact of stress are important modern health issues (ODPHP n.d.). b) The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) (n.d.) indicates that diabetes, opioid use and the impact of stress are important modern health issues.

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Examples of Intext Citations

6. Citing Multiple Works When citing multiple works, place citations in alphabetical order, separated with semicolon(s).

Parenthetical Citation: (Markle, 2020; Murdaugh et al., 2019) Narrative Citation: Markle (2020) and Murdaugh et al. (2019) show...

7. Citing Secondary Sources

In research, you will often find resources where an author refers to another researcher's

work known as a 'secondary source' and is referenced in a particular way. For example, in

a work by Lyon et al. (2014) the author cites Rabbitt (1982).

[secondary]

[primary]

Cite Rabbitt as the primary source, followed by Lyon et al. as the secondary source. However, only Lyon et al. will appear on your reference page.

Parenthetical Citation: (Rabbitt, 1982, as cited in Lyon et al., 2014) Narrative Citation: Rabbit (1982) as cited in Lyon et al. (2014) indicates...

Reference Page:

The reference page lists all the references that you cited in your assignment alphabetized by author's last name or organization name.

1. The reference page should be separate page from the main body. 2. Include the word Reference(s) centered at the top in bold. 3. The reference page should be double spaced. 4. Include a hanging indent of .5" after the first line. Watch this video on how to do a

hanging indent.

Example of a Reference Page

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References:

1. Different types of sources have unique citation rules. Following are examples of common types of references. For more information about references refer to Purdue OWL.

2. Pay attention to capitalization, periods and italicized parts of each type of reference.

Examples of Different Types of Reference Sources

Journal Article

Key parts of a journal article

?Lastname, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages.

Braveman, P., & Gottlieb, L. (2014). The social determinants of health: It's time to consider the causes of the causes. Public Health Reports 129 Suppl 2, 19?31.

Textbook ?Lastname, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. (edition.).

Publisher Name. Murdaugh, C., Parsons, M.A., & Pender, N., (2019). Health promotion in nursing practice.

(8th ed.). Pearson

Webpage listing an author ?Lastname, F. M. (Year, Month Date). Title of page/article. Site name. URL Markle, E. (2020, March 26). Four things to do every day for your mental health. Greater Good

Magazine. _your_mental_health

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Webpage listing an organization ?Group Name. (Year, Month Date). Title of page. Site name. URL Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, December 21) Benefits of getting vaccinated.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Webpage listing an organization without a date ?Group name. (n.d.). Title of page. Site name. URL Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (n.d.). Objectives and data. Healthy People

2030. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Video ?Person or group who uploaded video. (Date of publication). Title of video [Video]. Website

host. URL Burke Harris, N. (2014, September). How childhood trauma affects health throughout a lifetime.

[Video] TedMed.

Film ?Director, D. D. (Director). (Date of publication). Title of motion picture [Film]. Production company. Shenk, J. (Director). (2019). Stress Reset [Film]. The US Healthy Collaborative, Inc.



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