Changes in APA formatting APA 6TH EDITION Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009 Resources http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm for a tutorial about APA Style http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/whatsnew/index.htm for a tutorial about the changes Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009 Mechanics About three and a half years ago… 0.23 cm Two spaces instead of one after a period at the end of sentences Numbers expressing approximate lengths of time are written as words Use zero before a decimal fraction New ways to cite statistics and present tables Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009 Title Page No more Page Header Running head: SHORT TITLE ALL CAPS IN HEADER 1 No more than 50 characters Full Title of Paper: Sentence Case, Centered Left to Right Name of Author Author’s Affiliation Full title is centered and positioned in upper half of the page Author Note Author note with more information about affiliation, research grants, conflict of interest and how to contact. Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009 Levels Use levels consecutively, meaning that, if your paper has three levels, use levels 1, 2, and 3 Levels have slightly different formatting Level of Heading Formatting of Heading 1 Centered, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading 2 Flush Left, Boldface, Uppercase and Lowercase Heading 3 Indented, boldface, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period. 4 Indented, boldface, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period. 5 Indented, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period. Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009 Levels: more like an outline Outline How it would look in your paper I. Method a. Method First type In this paper I used two types of methods to figure out the results of my experiment. b. i. Part One ii. Part Two Second Type First Type: Sand Collecting The first type of method I used was the sand collecting method. Part one of the sand collecting method: collection. II. Results i. Part One ii. Part Two This part included collecting sand and putting it into giant buckets to be sorted by grain size. Part two of the sand collecting method: testing. This part included… Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009 In-Text Citations New section about electronic sources without pagination. para. should be used for electronic sources without pagination in place of ¶ (Golan, 2007, para. 3). If no para. number, cite heading and number of paragraphs after it (Discussion section, para.1). Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009 References: electronic sources Add as much info as print sources in the same order Do not need the retrieval date unless source may change over time Add “Retrieved from” before a URL Shotton, M. A. (1998). Computer addiction? A study of computer dependency. Retrieved from http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.asp No period at end Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009 References: electronic sources Add the “Digital Object Identifier” (DOI) A number assigned to everything once it’s made available online Typically located on first page of electronic journal article, near copyright notice; also on the database landing page for article If have DOI, do not need URL Use for BOTH electronic and print if available Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009 References: electronic sources Herbst-Damm, K. L., & Kulik, J. A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24(2), 225-229. doi:10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225 doi comes last No period at end Robin Sontheimer University of Missouri-Kansas City Writing Center 2009