APA, 5th Edition Made Easy

Created by Dr. Freda Turner, UOP Faculty

Adapted by Barbara Taylor, Instructional Specialist

Edited by William Noble, UOP Faculty

And Leslie Ann L. Dunn, Esq. UOP Faculty

Basics

• Font: Times New Roman, 12 point• Margins, 1.0 all around- unjustified right

margin.• Everything is 1.5 spacing• No Footnotes

Title Page (APA)

• Page numbers start with title page• Header includes 2 or 3 words from title,

then 5 spaces and page number. • See example of title page on next slide• “Running Header” is optional• All group assignments need to have the

names of all group members (not just “Team A”)

 

Title of Paper

Your name(s)

Charles Drew High School

Date

Course name/Period

Instructor’s name

Title page 1

Text Pages

• Title is centered on first page of text.• All paragraphs are indented ½ inch • Everything is 1.5 spaced• Abstract not required• No table of contents

Citations

• 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.” (APA, 2001, p. 121).

Citations (cont.)

• Quote in middle of sentence. End the passage with quotation marks, cite the source in parentheses immediately after the quotation marks and continue the sentence with no period.

Example: She stated, “The placebo effect disappeared”

(APA, 2001, p. 121) but she did not clarify.

Citations (cont.)

• Quote at end of sentence. End quote with the punctuation outside the final parenthesis.

Example: Miele (1993) found “the placebo effect

disappeared” (p. 276). Text for the next sentence.

The Block Quote

• Each line in a block quote is indented 5 spaces and does not have quotation marks

• Cite the quoted source after the final punctuation mark.

The Block Quote - Example

• Example:

Miele (1993) found the following: The placebo effect which had been verified in previous studies, disappeared when behaviors were studied in this manner. Furthermore, the behaviors were never exhibited again (p. 276).

Paraphrasing (preferred)

• Page and/or paragraph numbers only required for direct quotes.

Example: Emotional intelligence is the ability to

accurately perceive emotions in self and others, and to use emotional information to make intelligent decisions (Goleman, 2000).

References (APA)

• Reference page follows text and references must be cited in text.

• 1.5 and 1st line is flush left with remaining lines of reference indented 5 spaces (hanging indent).

• See examples below

References

Elkind, D. (1978). The child's reality: Three developmental themes. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

      Issac, G. (1995). Is bipolar disorder the

most common diagnostic entity in hospitalized adolescents and children? Adolescents, 30 (118), 273-276.

Electronic References

• Documents retrieved from the internet should include author (or site name), document title, date retrieved and URL (uniform resource locator)

• If no author, use title, company or site name– First word of reference must match citation

• For more information see: http://www.apastyle.org/elecsource.html

Example of Electronic Article

Fredrickson, B. L. (2000, March 7). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. Prevention & Treatment. Retrieved November 20, 2000, from http://journals.apa.org/prevention/

Example of Web Page Reference

GVU's 8th WWW user survey. (n.d.). Retrieved August 8, 2000 from http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/usersurveys/survey1997-10/

Heston, Mike. (2001). Comparing and Contrasting PCs and Mainframes. Retrieved May 9, 2002 from the World Wide Web: http://www.citecast.com/wwwboard/messages/3.html

Common APA Felonies

• Not double spacing EVERYTHING• Having justified right edge• Wrong format for citations

– Quotes need 3 things (author’s last name,year of publication, and pg/para number)

– When paraphrasing use (Name, Year)

• Wrong format for references– Indent first line, begin with name

• Listing references without citations• Failing to cite paraphrased text

More Information

• Form of Cites: www.citationmachine.net• Purdue online writing lab

– http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

• The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing– http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/