APA Formatting

Only in text (References)

Professional Communications are referenced ______________

NOT used (References)

Professional credentials are _________

left (References)

The first line of each entry should be flush ______, with subsequent lines indented ½ inch (hanging indent)

Page heading (References)

The page _________ References should be centered on the first line of a new page

Date listing (References)

The publication date should be placed in parentheses after the author's name(s) Place a period after the closing parenthesis If no date is unavailable, use n.d. if a work is not yet published, use "in press"

Title Page

The words "Running head." are used on the title page only and are followed by the title of the paper. The title is limited to 50 characters including spaces (Shorten if necessary) and is in all caps **Flush with left margin Number the page as "1" and continue page numbers from this page

IN-TEXT CITATIONS

Three types of information need to be included with your citations: ▪ Author(s) ▪ Date of publication ▪ Page number (for material directly quoted) Direct quotations less than 40 words should be included in quotation marks, with the final quotation mark following the last word of the quote and the period following the citation Direct quotations more than 40 words should be indented ½- inch and do not require quotation marks. The period should follow the quote, with the citation afterwards in parentheses.

Body of paper

Center the title of the paper on the 1st line indent each paragraph ½ inch Double space throughout Include header and page number at the top of each page Be sure to provide credit whenever using ideas (including paraphrasing) and direct quotes Carefully consider your presentation language - generally avoid 1st person, be professional!

NOT (References)

Underlining should ________ be used

Font and Size

Use a 12 point Times New Roman font

Listing by authors (References)

Use complete last name, followed by first and middle initials (i.e. Doe, JQ) Author names are listed before the date

more than one source (in-text citations)

When citing ______ in a citation, cite them in the order they will appear in the reference list

signal phrase (in-text citation)

You may choose to introduce your material with a "__________" in this case, the date is included in parentheses after the author, and the page is included at the end Paraphrased material does not include a page number

Indent

__________ the first line of each paragraph ½ inch or 5 spaces, or simple hit the tab key

double spaced (References)

all references should be ________

commas (References)

are required after each author listed before the "&", whether there are two or more than two

three, four, or 5 authors (in-text citations)

cite all authors in the first citation; use the first author's name and et al. in subsequent citations (Quirk, Greenbaum, Leek, & 1978; Quirk et al., 1978)

two authors (in-text citations)

include both names in each citation (Justice & Ezell, 2002)

8 or more authors (References)

list the first six, then us "..." and list the last author following "&"

SINGLE AUTHOR (in-text citations)

only require last name and date (Darling, 2004)

anonymous (in-text citations)

only use the term _________ only if the author is listed as anonymous

2-7 authors (References)

separate names with a comma and use "&" before the last name listed

Personal communication (in-text citation)

should be cited in text only, not in the reference list (state the name of the interviewee followed by parentheses, the words "personal communication" and the date the communication occured)

Page number

should be in plain font and placed in the upper right corner

multiple authors (in-text citations)

should be listed in the same order as in the book or article An amersand (&) and a comma should be used before the last author

Publication data (References)

use full names for any university press or association acting as publisher eliminate unessential terms, such as Co., but use Press or Books Use standard City and State abbreviations City, state, province, and country should be listed for non-US publishers

6 or more authors (in-text citations)

use only the first author's name and et al.

Internet Journals (References)

A journal article should list author(s) or editor(s), publication date, article title, journal title, volume, issue, page numbers and digital object identifier (DOI) if available If there is no DOI, use URL

Electronic media (References)

Accurately transcribe the entire address exactly as it appears (copy and paste) Divide a URL at a logical place; do not add any punctuation in the middle or the end A digital object identifier (DOI) shoul dbe used whenever possible List page numbers if available

authors name (References)

Alphabetize all entries by ___________ or association (if authored by an association)

Journals (References)

Author(s), publication date, article title, journal title, volume, issue, and page numbers Article titles shouild not be italicized or placed in quotations marks Capitalize only the first letter and proper nouns journal titles must be italicized and use upper and lowercase letters. only list page numbers; do not use p. or pp. Volume and issue numbers are required. The volume number is italicized, the issue number is placed in parentheses with no space between

Books (References)

Author(s), publication date, title, edition (if other than first), and publishing information Book titles must be italicized Capitalize only the first word and proper nouns

Unbiased

Be sure that text is free from bias in terms of: - Race - Ethnicity - Gender - Disability - Age - Sexual Orientation

same last name authors (in-text citations)

For ____________, include the first initial

Levels of Headings

Headings are used to indicate sections and subsections of your paper and follow a format of different levels of headings This project will require probably no more than three levels of headings use only as many heading levels as needed - no more, no less If a section can be divided into two or more subsections, use headings for each section If a section cannot be divided, do not use subheadings

no author listed (in-text citations)

If __________, use the first few words of the reference title (italicized titles of books, periodicals, brochures and reports; use quotation marks for titles of chapters, articles, and webpages)

Association (References)

If an author is unknown (and not listed as anonymous), use an association if known Use upper and lowe case letters The date, in parentheses, follows the association names if date is unknown, use n.d.

no author (References)

If there is __________, the title should be moved before the date and alphabetized accordingly

same author (References)

If you use mutliple publications by the _______________, list them in chronological order

Margins

1 inch all around

Margins (References)

1 in all around

Spacing

Double space the entire document, including block quotes

Header and Page

Each page, including title page, will have a header and page number