APA 101 APA 7 style guide for students Writing Center Workshop What is APA? American Psychological Association This format was created to be the standard writing format for social sciences, but is occasionally used in other settings as well. Who uses this format? People in the social sciences (Psychology, Economics, Linguistics, Sociology, Criminology, Business) as well as Education and Nursing How is this different from MLA? Broadly, the presentation of the info in the citation is different, as well as some style choices in the title and body differ. MLA is generally for arts and literature, whereas APA is for technical reports. CLEAR AND CONCISE General Rules Your writing should get the point across in the shortest and most accurate way possible Write objectively. Avoid using "I." Use a presentation level of formality. Do not use figurative language. THE FONT HAS TO BE LEGIBLE Calibri -11 Arial-11 Lucida Sans Unicode- 11 Georgia-11 Computer Modern- 10 Times New Roman- 12 (recommended) FORMATTING Paper sections should be bolded. Page number should be at the top-right of each page. The first line of each paragraph should be tabbed. DOUBLE-SPACED Pretty much everything should be double-spaced (vertically) Here is the basic format: Citing in APA LastName, First Initial. Middle Initial., (Year of Publication). Title of article. Publication/Journal, Volume(Issue), Page-Numbers. DOI Here's an example: (How they should look in your Reference section) McGee, A. (2022). Nursing Students at Brenau. Journal of Nursing, 6(9), 425469. https://doi.org/123.4567 Important details: *Presentation Disclaimer: All citations in a References section should have a hanging indent. Be sure to add it when you draft your paper! Always separate names with a comma, and separate the last two names with a "&". If the article was published by an organization, use the org's name as the author (e.g. American Psychological Assoc.) No date? Do (n.d.) for "no date". "Retrieved from" should never be in an APA 7 citation. ONE AUTHOR Dogg, S. (2022). How to fo'shizzle sizzle a burger. Journal of Rapper Wraps and Burgers, 4(20), 420. https://doi.org/1233.45456 WEBSITES Watch Out! The date is in a different format: (Year, Month Day) MULTIPLE AUTHORS Examples of sources with exactly 2 authors and 2+ authors Bean, G., & Green G. (1997). Studies of kudzu and edamame. Annual Plant Research Journal, 4(4), 3-36. https://doi.org/1233.45456 Boba, T., Sweet, T., Green, T. & Hot, T. (2020). Food puns: Devouring the nation. Weekly Tea, 7(89), 7-89. https://doi.org/1233.45456 BOOKS Italicize the book title, don't italicize the publisher Animals Against PETA (2050, September 22). Human babies Doofenshmirtz, H. (2020). The Learn-inator! Phineas & Ferb need leashes too. Animals Against PETA Blogsite. Publishing Co. https://www.aapeta.net/babyleashes Reference Section When you have all your citations -Put them in alphabetical order by last name of first author. -Make sure all citations have a hanging indent. -Put your reference section on a new page and create a centered and bolded title as "References" ...How do I do a hanging indent? For Microsoft Word and Google Docs: -DOCS: First, highlight the text with your mouse. The go to Format > Align & Indent > Indentation Options > Special Indent > Hanging - WORD: Highlight the text with your mouse. Then go to Home > Paragraph > Indents and Spacing > Special >Hanging. Then click OK. <-----I t shoul d look like thi s! Time to Try it! What is wrong with each of the following citations? Squarepants, S. and Starr, P. (2005) Jellyfish Hunting Guide. Bikini Bottom Chronicle 2(1) DOI American Psuedoscience Association. Vaccines Cause Autism. Retrieved 10/14/2020 from www.aspsuedoa.com/vaccines Reagan, R., Bush, G. W. & Washington, G. (1776). “A Bear’s Right to Arms”. Journal of Dead White Guys, 60(3). DOI: vote4meeee Squarepants, S. and Starr, P. (2005) Jellyfish Hunting Guide. Bikini Bottom Chronicle 2(1) DOI Missing "&". "Bikini Bottom Chronicle 2" should be italicized and no "p." by page #. Answer Key American Psuedoscience Association. Vaccines Cause Autism. Retrieved 10/14/2020 from www.aspsuedoa.com/vaccines No date listed (need date or "n.d."). Remove "retrieved from". Title of work needs to be italicized. Reagan, R., Bush, G. W. & Washington, G. (1776). “A Bear’s Right to Arms”. Journal of Dead White Guys, 60(3). DOI: vote4meeee Remove quotation marks around title. No "DOI:" and DOI must include full address "https://doi.org/vote4meeee" And yes, they all need to have a hanging indent! Now for the rest of the paper... *We are using the Student Paper format. The professional style differs slightly In text citations (How to link your content to the reference) Quotes "Most Internet culture consumers understand that there are no exceptions to Rule 34". (Freud, 2021) OR Freud (2021) found "Most Internet culture consumers understand that there are no exceptions to Rule 34." Summary or Paraphrase According to Boba et al. (2020), Dad jokes can be puns but not all puns are Dad jokes. OR Dad jokes can be puns but not all puns are Dad jokes (Boba et al., 2020) Use "&" in parentheses Use "and" outside parentheses Stay away from direct quotes if you can. APA style prefers summarizing and synthesizing sources. New for APA 7 In Text Citations should always be abbreviated with et al. APA 6 (old) As discussed by Boba, Sweet, Green, and Hot (2020)... APA 7 (use this one!) As discussed by Boba et al. (2020) ... ... teas are better than coffee (Boba, Sweet, Green & Hot, 2020) ...teas are better than coffee (Boba et al., 2020) Only references beyond the 1st can use et al. Wow, way easier!! Title Page <---Running head here (ONLY if your professor requests it) Page number in the right side of the heading ---> Make sure the title has its own page! Use the "Page Break" function to make a new page after title page. In student papers, the date at the bottom is the DUE DATE for the assignment. <---Title <---Authors <---Dept. & School <---Course code & nam <---Professor's name <---Due Date Body Paragraphs Be sure to indent the first line of every paragraph. Use the appropriate format for section headings (see Official APA guide for details). Example text -------------> Got a quick question? You can use the Official APA style guide: https://www/https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines Better than Purdue Owl!* *In my opinion Che ck o ut t hei r sa mp le p ape rs! Need more practice? Check out the Library's guide! HTTPS://BRENAU.LIBWIZARD.COM/F/APA7 That's the Basics! Still worried about APA format? Feel free to get a second pair of eyes from the Writing Center Tutors! (Or come in for help at any stage of the writing process!) Make an appointment at: brenau.mywconline.com (Zoom Schedule) Trustee Library Room 112 (Gainesville Schedule)
