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Basics Times New Roman font 12 pt Double-spaced Standard size paper (8.5”x 11”) with 1” margins

Title Page Title of the paper (no more than 12 words) Capitalize almost all of the words in your title, excluding articles and prepositions. (the, from, and, etc.) Author’s name Institutional affiliation Header -Running head -Page number

Running Head Running head: TITLE OF YOUR PAPER Flush left, 12 pt., Times New Roman Only title page includes “Running head.” Every page after that only includes the TITLE OF YOUR PAPER in all caps.

APA Sample Page Running head Title of your paper Page # Name Institutional Affiliation

Body Remember to include only your title as the header in all caps. Do not include the phrase “Running head” in the following pages after the title page. First page starts off with title centered. Do not bold, italicize, or underline title. First sentence of every paragraph is indented. Paragraph should contain at least four to five sentences. First sentence is the topic sentence. Supporting sentences come after Conclusion sentence

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In-Text Citations Alejandra Hernandez

In-Text If you are directly quoting from a book you would include: Author Year of publication Page number Quote: “Breast cancer is the type of cancer most closely linked with women in the public consciousness, but lung cancer has now surpassed it as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women.” Citation: Graham (2004) reports, “Breast cancer is the type of cancer most closely linked with women in the public consciousness, but lung cancer has now surpassed it as the leading cause of cancer deaths among women” (p.12).

In text Citations Page range (Austen, 2001, p. 96-97). “There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves” (Austen, 2001, p. 96). Page range (Austen, 2001, p. 96-97). The sentence period is after the closing parenthesis The authors name can be used anywhere within the sentence Austen (2001) writes, “There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves” (p.96). Year of publication goes where ever the authors name goes.

Paraphrasing & Citing Multiple Times Translating in your own language, own words. i.e. Cook (2010) asserted that a shortcut causing this much trouble may not be a shortcut after all When citing the same author multiple times, cite appropriately the first time. The second time, begin by writing: Cook noted that, inspite of the frustrations it sometimes causes, APA is a pretty handy style guide.

Unknown Author If the work does not have an author, cite the source by its title in the single phrase or use the first word or two in the parentheses.

No Date If a publication does not have a date, use the abbreviation n-period d-period for “no date.” If page is not available put the location of quote. i.e. “Red pandas are generally solitary and secretive creatures, mostly active at night. At other times, however, they usually rest up in trees.” (Red Panda, n.d., para. 1)

No Author/Website “ A study revealed that bears most often go for the neck and head. To best avoid injury, place your hands behind your neck and curl up into a ball. Wearing a back pack increases your chances of survival, too” (Survival, n.d., para. 5). Instead of author, use a shortened version of the title within the parentheses. If there is no title, use name of website or organization that created the website.

Two authors “Neuroscientists now realize that, in spite of the fact that an adolescent’s brain is similar in size to an adult brain, it does not function like an adult brain” (Caskey & Ruben, 2003, p.37). Use both names for every citation If you add the name of the authors at the beginning of the sentence you have to spell out the word “and” but if it is in the parenthesis then the ampersand works. Caskey and Ruben (2003) stated that “Neuroscientists now realize that, in spite of the fact that an adolescent’s brain is similar in size to an adult brain, it does not function like an adult brain” (p.37).

3-5 Authors Use all authors for the first citation. If they are cited again, use the first author followed by the words “et al.” “et al.” is Latin for “and others.” There is no period after “et” First citation: (Kernis, Cornell, Sun, Berry, & Harlow, 1993) Following citation: (Kernis et al., 1993)

Large quotes Large quotes are 40 or more words You would begin with an introduction or transition sentence Followed by a colon : Then tab once and begin quote, no parenthesis are needed Cite after quote

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Kasi Krieger and Josh Ponce References Kasi Krieger and Josh Ponce

Summary Your reference list should appear at the end of your paper. It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the body of the paper. Each source you cite in the paper must appear in your reference list; likewise, each entry in the reference list must be cited in your text. Your references should begin on a new page separate from the text of the essay; label this page "References" centered at the top of the page (do NOT bold, underline, or use quotation marks for the title). All text should be double-spaced just like the rest of your essay.

Basic Rules All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be indented one-half inch from the left margin. This is called hanging indentation. Authors' names are inverted (Last Name, First Initial); give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work for up to and including seven authors. If the work has more than seven authors, list the first six authors and then use ellipses after the sixth author's name. After the ellipses, list the last author's name of the work. Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work. For multiple articles by the same author, or authors listed in the same order, list the entries in chronological order, from earliest to most recent. When referring to books, chapters, articles, or Web pages, capitalize only the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle, the first word after a colon or a dash in the title, and proper nouns. Do not capitalize the first letter of the second word in a hyphenated compound word. Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes around the titles of shorter works such as journal articles or essays in edited collections.

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References The Online Writing Lab at Purdue (OWL). (n.d.). Retrieved September 27, 2016, from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/