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This guide will help you set up an APA Style student paper. The basic setup directions apply to the entire paper. Annotated diagrams illustrate how to set up the major sections of a student paper: the title page or cover page, the text, tables and figures, and the reference list.
This checklist corresponds to the writing and formatting guidelines described in full in the Concise Guide to APA Style (7th ed.). Refer to the following chapters for specific information: paper elements and format in Chapter 1. writing style and grammar in Chapter 2. bias-free language in Chapter 3.
A direct quote is a word for word copy of source material. The quote is enclosed in quotation marks. Include the author's last name and date of publication and page numbers, if available. Two examples. "The market for these low-cost machines is driven by inexpensive bandwidth” (Fontana & Montalbano, 2008, p.12).
This guide contains examples of common types of APA Style references. Section numbers indicate where to find the examples in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).
WHY USE APA FORMAT? •Allow those who read your paper to access the information •Give credit to the original writers for their ideas •Provide uniform guidelines for academic papers •Protect yourself from plagiarism 5 BIG CHANGES WITH APA 7 • Omit publisher city and state • Only one space after period • Use quotations for linguistic ...
APA 7th Edition (2020): Citations & Reference List. This handout summarizes key concepts you'll need to know when using APA Style for citations. For more detailed instructions and a greater variety of examples and scenarios, we recommend referring to the APA Publication Manual (2019) in book format or online (apastyle.apa.org), or the Purdue ...
1. Basic Structure of APA Papers. All papers in APA style will include these sections in the following order: Cover or title page. Abstract (in journal articles this is sometimes followed by Keywords on the same page)
In-Text Citations. In addition to the entries in your References list at the end of your paper, you must include citations in the text of your paper. These in-text citations are shorter versions of the citations that appear on your References list.
APA BASICS. APA is an in-text referencing style. This means that short referencing information (Author, Date) must be included in the text of your assignment when you quote information from outside sources. Full details of references used are then included in a reference list at the end of the document.
Resources on writing an APA style reference list, including citation formats Basic Rules Basic guidelines for formatting the reference list at the end of a standard APA research paper