1. American Psychological Association (APA)

2. APA Style 6th Edition American Psychological Association (APA) – it is a document system (called an author date system) that is used for work in psychology and many other disciplines.

3. General Document Format Guidelines (APA Style) Margins – 1” on all sides Font – 12 pts Times New Roman, Courier or Arial Spacing – double Alignment – flush left Paragraph indentions – 5 to 7 spaces Pagination – 1” from the rightmost edge; first line On standard size paper – 8 ½” x 11 Include a page header ( short title & page number) in the upper right-hand of every page.

4. APA Guidelines All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be intended one-half inch from the left margin. Example: Brendt, T.J. (2002). Social development. New York: McGraw-Hill.

5. Authors names are inverted (last name first), give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work for up to and including seven authors. Example: Abanilla, C.L.,Alcance, K.V., Aranilla, J.M., Balmes C.G., Laguartilla,M.E., Mendoza, C.S., Eule, M.J.(2013). Introduction to Librarianship. Quezon City: C & E Pub.

6. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work. Example: Altez, T.C. (2012). Laugh and Live. Quezon City:C & E Pub. Gomez, N.J. (2013). Happily ever after. New York: Mac-Graw Hill Inc.

7. APA FORMAT Newspaper article : Example (print version): Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4. If an article appears on discontinuous pages, give all page numbers, and separate the numbers with a comma (e.g., pp. B1, B3, B5–B7).

8. Newspaper article Example (electronic version): Brody, J. E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves keep brain agile. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com Give the URL of the home page when the online version of the article is available by search to avoid nonworking URLs.

9. Journal article Last, F. M., & Last, F. M. (Year Published). Article title. Journal Name, Volume (Issue), pp. Pages. Example: Almeida, L. (1990). Morphological differences between American and Brazilian Pig Latin constructions.Piggiotica, 13, 946-987. Structure:

10. Magazines Article Structure: Last, F. M. (Year, Month Published). Article title. Magazine Title, volume(issue), pp. Page(s). Examples: Rothbart, D. (2008, October). How I caught up with dad. Men's Health, 108-113.

11. Audiovisual media Music recording Structure: Artist. (Year) Name of Song. On Name of Collection/Album [Medium of recording]. City, State: Recording Label Company. Coldplay. (2000). Trouble. On Parachutes [iTunes]. EMI Records Ltd. Retrieved from http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/parachute s/id23533494 http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/parachute

12. Motion Picture/Video Grey, B., King, G., & Pitt, B. (Producers), & Scorsese, M. (Director). (2006). The Departed [Motion Picture]. United States: Plan B Entertainment.

13. Images Structure: Creator’s last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Role of creator). (Year of creation). Description or title of image. [Type of work]. Retrieved from URL. Examples: Comas, J. S. (Photographer). (2007). Jordi Comas Teaching. [Digital Image]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/24567742@N03/447http://www.flickr.com/photos/24567742@N03/447 5421910/

14. Online Sources Periodicals: Structure: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/ Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving

15. Electronic Books De Huff, E. W. (n.d.). Taytay’s tales: Traditional Pueblo Indian tales. Retrieved from http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/dehu ff/taytay/taytay.html http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/dehu Davis, J. (n.d.). Familiar birdsongs of the Northwest. Available from http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio? inkey=1-9780931686108-0

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