apa, 5 th edition made easy how a scholarly paper should look
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APA, 5th Edition Made EasyHow A Scholarly Paper Should Look
Basics
Font: Times New Roman (recommended, but Courier and Arial okay), 12 point
Margins, 1.0 all around- ragged right margin (left margin can be l.5 inches if instructor has
requested the paper to be bound.)
Everything is double spaced – this includes quotes and reference page.
Page numbers start with title page by setting header feature of your software.
Header includes 2 or 3 words from title, then 5 spaces and page number.
See example of a title page on the next slide.
Title Page
Title page 1
Running head: YOUR TITLE (optional)
Appropriate Title
Your name
Name of College
Course number
Instructor name
Date assignment is due
APA Title Page – Example(Text in yellow and blue boxes reference specific pages in the APA Manual 5th
edition.)
Text pages
Title of paper is centered on first page of text.
All paragraphs are indented 5-7 spaces
Everything is double spaced
Must have at least 2 lines of a paragraph at the bottom of the page and 2 at the top of the page. (No widows or orphans!)
Two Easy Rules on Quotes
Short quotes with fewer than 40 words are incorporated into text and enclosed by quotation marks.
Example: “Approximately 27% of the workforce displays poor emotional intelligence” (Miele, 1993, p. 276).
(Publication Manual, 2001, p. 118)
Block Quote over 40 wordsMiele (1993) found the following:
The ‘placebo effect,’ which had been verified in
previous studies, disappeared when behaviors were
studied in this manner. The behaviors were not
exhibited again even when real drugs were given.
(p. 40)
Electronic Quotes
Documents retrieved from the Internet should include Internet source, document title, and date retrieved on the reference page (URL or uniform resource locator). Remember, properly cited sources add to the researcher’s credibility.
Electronic Example (in-text citation):As Myers (2000, para. 5) aptly phrased it, “positive emotions are great.”
In-Text Citations
(Cheek & Turner, 1981, p. 332)
(Jones, 1989, chap. 3)
(Myers, 2000, ¶ 5)
(Bow, 2000, Summary section, para. 1)
References
Reference page follows text and references must be discussed and cited in text.
ALERT!!!! If you have five references listed on your reference page, you must have at least five citations in the text.
Watch reference indentations!
Double space references.
First line is flush left with remaining
lines of reference indented 5 spaces
Next slide provides an example
References
Elkind, D. (1978). The child's reality: Three
developmental themes. New York:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Issac, G. (1995). Is solar disorder timed?
Adolescents, 30 (118), 273-276.
No Author Reference Citation
Book, no author or editor:
Merriam-Webster’s collegiate dictionary (10th ed.).
(1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster.
Note references are flush left with 2nd line indented
No Author, Web Citation
Title of article. (1987). Retrieved from URL
_____ on 2/13/2004.
Another example:
History of South West Airlines. Retrieved ProQuest at
[school name] on 2/13/2004.
Electronic retrieved material`8
Borman, W. C. (2001). Role of supervisor. Journal of Applied
Psychology, 78, 443-449. Retrieved October 23, 2003, from
[school’s name] ProQuest data.
OR
Jones, G. (2001). Role of reference elements.
Prevention Research, 5, 117-123. Retrieved
October 13, 2003 http://jbr.org/article.html
Newspaper Article, Electronic version
Hills, P. J. (1999, February 16). In forecasting their
emotions, most people flunk out. New York
Times. Retrieved November 21, 2003, from
http://www/nytimes.com.
Computer Software Reference
Miller, M. E. (1993). The Interactive
Tester (Version 4.0) [Computer
software]. Westminter, CA: Psytek
Services.
No Author/no Date Example
Alphabetize works with no author by the first word in the title. Example:
The new health-care lexicon. (1993, August/September). Health
Care Today, 4, 1-2.
Or (NO AUTHOR, NO DATE)
Document title or name of Web page. (n.d.). Retrieved [date] from
[URL]
Same Author Variables (see p. 221) arrange alphabetically by title
Jones, J. R. (2001a). Control….
Jones, J. R. (2001b). Roles of ….
Same Authors, Different Year of Publication; list earliest publication first
(see p. 220, APA, 5th edition).
Jones, J. R. , & Wright, K. (2000).
Jones, J. R. , & Wright, K. (2001).
Common Knowledge
Exception to the citation rule: Common knowledge–
commonly known facts (e.g., Washington D.C. is the
capital of the U.S.) does not need a citation even if
one had to look up the data.
When in doubt, CITE references and citations
Adding Emphasis
• If you want to emphasize a word or words, italicize them. Do not put them in quotation marks.
• Wrong: He is “politically correct.”
• Correct: He is politically correct.
Information on emphasis added to original presentation by Bette Keeling, PhD, RN, CNAA
Tables
A table usually presents quantitative data and if included must be discussed in text and should be on the same page as discussed for reader ease.Everything is double spacedNumber all tables with Arabic numbers (1,2,3), double space and add a clear title. Clarify where the copied table originated.
Example that goes above your table: Table 1Analysis of Grade Variance
Figures
Each figure is numbered consecutively in the order in which they are first mentioned in the text. Figures are photographs, drawings or non-quantitative data.Each figure must have a caption and is located at the top left.
Example: Figure 1. Gender Differences
Order of APA Pages
Title page with header, title, byline and school name
Abstract if required by professor
Text pages-remember title
Reference Page/s –get their own page
Common APA FeloniesFailure to:
Double space EVERYTHING
Remember ragged right edge
Quotes need 3 things (author’s last name, year of publication and pg/para number, URL, chapter, etc.)
References flush left for first line and never use author’s first name, only initials.
APA is easy
What is new:Updates on: apastyle.org
Consequence of not citing other sources
is called
Plagiarism
Roots of Plagiarism
The word “plagiarism” is derived from a Latin word for manstealer, or kidnapper, and by extension literary thief.
Plagiarism is using another’s:
Words/Facts
Graphs/Charts
Direct quotes
Academic Policy
Students are subject to disciplinary actions for
“intentionally or knowingly representing the
words or ideas of another as one's own in an
academic exercise.”