APA Formatting Brief presentation by the Coutts (Education)Library

APA – American Psychological Association American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: APA. Colter, J. (2004). Creating an APA reference list: Guidelines for University of Alberta students. Retrieved August 31, 2004 from ca/guides/apa/index.cfmhttp:// ca/guides/apa/index.cfm American Psychological Association. (2003). APA Style.org. Retrieved September 12, 2004 from Style.org Schoepp, K. (2003). The APA interactive tutorial. Retrieved April 15, 2003 from

Formatting your Paper (306) Title page (296) Running head (296) Spacing & pagination (326) Headings (114) Reference list (215) Footnotes (content,copyright) (202) Bibliography

Title page components: Running head (mainly used when publishing) Title Byline and institution/Your name, ID, Course name and number This is page 1

Spacing and pagination Double spaced always Indent paragraphs and block quotes i,xi, 1,4,5 ABSTRACT - Separate page, up to 120 words Text – 1” margins, repeat title at top of the first page, centered

Writing style See chapter 2 in the manual for a good overview of language, labeling, specificity, gender terms, active voice Appendixes, figures, tables, reference list, optional bibliography, footnotes page – all go at the end if submitting for publication.

In-Text Citation – large quotations Block Quotations of more than 40 words –start on a new line, indent 1/2” on left side only, double space, use no quotation marks –Jones (1999) found the following: (p. 276)

In-text citations - quotations less than 40 words...Lowman (1994) found that “the behavior of the teacher influences the quality of instruction and the learning environment” (p. 234). It is the faculty......”The behavior of the teacher influences the quality of instruction and the learning environment” (Lowman, 1994, p. 234).

In-text citation for paraphrase For a paraphrase, the page number is not required, but you may include it if it will make the location easier for the reader to find. According to Talbot (1997), humor can reduce the threatening nature of the course for students. Research (e.g., Talbot, 1997) indicates that humor can reduce...

Citing a secondary source (247) When you quote or paraphrase an author without reading the original... In the text, name the original and give a citation for the secondary source Smith and John’s study (as cited in Atkins, 2001) proved that humor... In your reference list, cite the secondary source only Atkins, J. (2001). Humor in teaching. Education Review, 35(2),

References (215) List only resources you have quoted or paraphrased For all titles, except those of periodicals, capitalize only the first word, any proper nouns and any word after a colon Use hanging indents Use italics for book titles, journal names and volume numbers, website titles

References (215) List alphabetically by author one-author entries by year, earliest first one-author entries before multiple author if same first author, alpha by second if associations by first letter if no author, alpha by title “Anonymous” only if stated so Published by author: use “Author” in the publisher position

Citing a BOOK (248) Hill, D. J. (1988). Humor in the classroom: A handbook for teachers (and other entertainers!). Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas.

Citing a BOOK CHAPTER (252) Lefcourt, H. M. (2002). Humor. In C. R. Snyder & S. J. Lopez (Eds.), Handbook of positive psychology (pp ). London: Oxford University Press.

Citing a PRINT JOURNAL (239) Cross, K. P. (1993). Involving faculty in TQM. Community College Journal, 63(4),

Citing an E-JOURNAL (268) Algozzlne, B., Spooner, F., & Karvonen, M. (2002). Preparing special education research articles in APA style. Remedial and Special Education, 23(1). Retrieved August 12, 2004, from Academic Search Premier database.

Citing a WEBSITE (268) Title: Humor and the multiple intelligences nson_humor_mi.htmhttp:// nson_humor_mi.htm … becomes Dickinson, D. (2002). Humor and the multiple intelligences. Retrieved August 12, 2004 from nson_humor_mi.htm nson_humor_mi.htm

Citing ERIC Documents Mead, J. V. (1992). Looking at old photographs: Investigating teacher tales (Report No. NCRTL-92-4). East Lansing, MI: National Center for Research. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED ). Retrieved November 17, 2003 from ERIC database.

Citing a conference paper These are treated as “unpublished” and so no publisher name or place is included. Johnson, C. (2005, March). Nervous paper presented in a meeting. Paper presented at the meeting of APA Support Group, Edmonton, AB.

Citing media Jones, J. (Producer). (1999). The earth [Television series]. New York: WNET. Shocked, M. (1992). Over the waterfall. On Arkansas traveler [CD]. New York: PolyGram Music. Miller, M. E. (1993). The Interactive Tester (Version 4.0) [Computer software]. Westminster, CA: Psytek Services.

Citing a dissertation Ross, D. F. (2001). Unconscious transference and mistaken identity. Dissertation Abstracts International, 51 (01), 322A. (UMI No ) Jones, B. J. (2002). Do they get your jokes: Teacher humor? (Doctoral dissertation, University of Alberta, 2002). Dissertation Abstracts International, 51, 417. Jones, B. J. (2002). Do they get your jokes: Teacher humor? Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.

Mastering APA style APA takes practice Use online guides (Citation Guides on the Library’s homepage) – ationhttp:// ation U of A Thesis Guidelines rule! – Always rely on the print manual for authoritative advice –PE 1475 A in every library

Will RefWorks/EndNote save you? To some extent, the good news if YES! It’s a time-saver, in that you don’t have to type your references (yay!) But, these software programs make mistakes, and so you have to proof-read the list carefully, which means you have to know your APA (yay?)