In an APA Style paper, every page has a page header. For professional papers intended for publication, it also includes a running head. It is left-aligned and can be up to 50 characters in length.
Longer titles are abbreviated. APA headings have five possible levels. Heading levels 2 to 5 are used for subheadings. Each heading level is formatted differently. Want to know how many heading levels you should use, when to use which heading level, and how to set up heading styles in Word or Google Docs?
Then check out our in-depth article on APA headings. The title page is the first page of an APA Style paper.
There are different guidelines for student and professional papers. The student version includes the course number and name, instructor name, and due date of the assignment. The professional version includes an author note and running head. For more information on writing a striking title, crediting multiple authors with different affiliations , and writing the author note, check out our in-depth article on the APA title page. The abstract is a — word summary of your paper.
The abstract is placed on a separate page after the title page. The contents of the abstract appear directly under the label. Unlike regular paragraphs, the first line is not indented. Abstracts are usually written as a single paragraph without headings or blank lines.
Directly below the abstract, you may list three to five relevant keywords. APA Style does not provide guidelines for formatting the table of contents. Place the table of contents on a separate page between the abstract and introduction. The APA reference page is placed after the main body of your paper but before any appendices. APA provides guidelines for formatting the references as well as the page itself. Place the reference entries directly under the label in alphabetical order.
Finally, apply a hanging indent, meaning the first line of each reference is left-aligned, and all subsequent lines are indented 0. Tables and figures are presented in a similar format. Most articles will not need these in the citation. Only use them for online articles from places where content may change often, like a free website or a wiki.
If an article doesn't appear on continuous pages, list all the page numbers the article is on, separated by commas. For example 4, 6, Author's Last Name, First Initial. Second Initial if Given. Year of Publication. Title of article: Subtitle if any. Albada, K. The public and private dialogue about the American family on television. Journal of Communication, 50 4 , Note: If every issue of the journal starts with page one then the issue number is included in parentheses after the volume number.
Notice that the volume number is italicized but the issue number is not. Note: The DOI number may be formatted as either: doi Choose one format and be consistent. Note: Separate the authors' names by putting a comma between them. Note: In the reference list invert all authors' names; give last names and initials for only up to and including seven authors. Case, T. College students' social networking experiences on Facebook.
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 3 2 , Retrieved from Name of Database. Carlisle, D. In the line of fire. Nursing Standard, 26 39 , Retrieved from Academic Search Complete. Retrieved from URL. Flachs, A. Food for thought: The social impact of community gardens in the Greater Cleveland Area.
Reporting statistics 4. Use a zero before the decimal point with numbers less than one when the statistic can be greater than one. Include effect sizes and confidence intervals with statistics. This will allow the reader to more fully understand the conducted analyses. Use brackets to group together confidence interval limits in both the body text and tables 5. The sixth edition includes a section 5. This section can help you decide when and how to display your data. For example, your data might show that you are exploring data and information, or your data may serve a storage purpose for later retrieval.
Figures include graphs, charts, maps, drawings, and photographs. As a general rule, only include figures when they add to the value of the paper. If the figure merely repeats what is written in the paper, do not include it, as it does not add any new information to the paper. The sixth edition also emphasizes the importance of clearly labeling electrophysiological, radiological, and genetic data sections 5. If the quotation is less than 40 words, incorporate the quotation into the text and place quotation marks round the quotation.
Cite the source immediately after the quotation and continue with the sentence. If the quotation has more than 40 words, use a block quotation. Begin the quotation on a new line and indent a half-inch from the left margin. Double-space the entire quotation, and at the end of the quotation, provide citation information after the final punctuation mark. John Nicholson anticipated this effect when discussing farming methods in the nineteenth century:.
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