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APA Exposed

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About APA Format but Were Afraid to Ask

Presented by Wendy K. Mages, Ed.D.

Last Updated: November, 2009

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Tutorial Outline

? This tutorial consists of four modules:

? Module 1: APA Formatting Basics ? Module 2: Citing Sources ? Module 3: Reference Citations in the Text ? Module 4: References

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Learning Objectives

? At the end of this tutorial you will be able to:

? Recall reasons for using the APA format ? List basic APA formatting requirements ? Explain the author-date method ? Identify requirements for citing references using the

APA format

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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

The 6th edition of APA's Publication Manual



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Why use the APA format?

? Looks Professional ? Communicates Important Information

? Is this information from a journal or a book?

? Avoids Inadvertent Plagiarism

? You want to give credit where credit is due ? AND you don't want to take credit for someone else's

mistakes

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Module 1

APA Formatting Basics

Discussed in this section:

? Line spacing ? Margin size ? Typeface and Font ? Unbiased Language ? Headings

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Spacing

? Double Spacing

APA manual tells you that you must double-space

No single spacing!

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Margins

? At least 1 inch margins on all four sides

1 in.

Margins are used to give feedback

1 in.

1 in.

1 in.

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Typeface and Font

APA Prefers: 12 point Times New Roman

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Unbiased Language

? What is meant by unbiased language? ? Language that is unbiased in terms of:

? Race ? Ethnicity ? Age ? Disability ? Sexual Orientation ? Gender

he

A child = "he or she" or "she or he"

she

Children = "they"

s/he

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Five-Heading System

Three Points to Remember

1. All headings of equal importance are given the same heading level.

2. Use only as many heading levels as needed.

3. If a section can be divided into two or more subsections, assign each subsection a heading.

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Heading Level 1

Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading

Method Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text.

Results Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text.

Discussion Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text tex text text text text text.

References References references references references references references references. References

references references references references references references references.

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Heading Level 2

Flush Left, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading

Method Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text. Participants Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text. Measures Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text text text text text text.

Results Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text text text text text text.

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Heading Level 3

Indented, boldface, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period. Method

Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text. Participants

Adult participants. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text.

Child participants. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text. Measures

Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text tex text text text text text. Text text text text.

Heading Level 4

Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period.

Method Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text. Participants Adult participants. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text. Child participants. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text. Preschool children. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text. Kindergarten children. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text. First-grade children. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text text. Text text text text text text.

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