APA Formatting

Formatting, Plagiarism and Citation

Note: This seminar will be recorded by the instructor.

Review of Units 1-3

• Project• Discussion• Questions?

APA Basics

• APA: American Psychological Association• Sources

- Template Paper (Doc Sharing)

- APA Manual (6th Edition)

-The original APA guide (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association), published by the American Psychological Association is available through many bookstores and libraries.

- Websites

APA Basics

• Some of the basics of the formatting include: • A title page with the following:

- name of your paper, - the date- your name, - class name- my name.

• Double Spacing on each page• Executive summary of the paper (1 paragraph)

APA Basics

• Table of contents• Headers with your paper’s title and page numbers at the top

of the page• References list at the end• One-inch margins• 12 pt font (black)

- Times New Roman (recommended)- Courier

APA and Citations

• APA also provides guidelines on citing and referencing sources so that we are avoiding plagiarism.

• In your paper: directly after your quote or paraphrased text. (Author’s last name, Publish Year) for example: (Smith, 2003).

• In References List- ALL sources used

APA Citations

• Here are two websites that I have found pretty reliable:- http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

- http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm

Sample References

• Book (nonperiodical):- Lyncheski, M.L. (2000). Figuring out APA. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

• Article from a magazine:- Yearout, S., Miles, G., and Koonce, R. (2000). Wanted: Leader-builders. Training and Development, 54, 34-45.

 • Online document:

- Lyncheski, M. E. (2000). Figuring out APA. Retrieved October 21, 2000 from http://stephaniechronical.com

Plagiarism

• Kaplan’s Policy• What is it?• Outcomes of Plagiarism

- Reduced score- Zero for assignment- Zero for the course- Expelled from school

• Teacher’s Tools- Turnitin.com- Writing analysis

Plagiarism

• www.georgetown.edu/honor/plagiarism.html• Ethics vs. Law

Any Questions?

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