Formatting class assignments -APA (6 th ed.)

Formatting class assignments -APA (6th ed.)

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APA: Formatting Class

Assignments

Running head and page number

Running head: WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW 1

APA manual (6th ed.), pp. 23-25; See also sample paper p. 41

Title page for APA article submission

What Students Need to KnowAbout APA

Laura Lucio Ramirez and Johanna TunonNova Southeastern University

Running head: WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW

Author Note

Byline for authorsInstitutional affiliation

Title:

Author note

• First paragraph – complete departmental affiliation• Second paragraph – changes of affiliation (if any)• Third paragraph – acknowledgements• Fourth paragraph – contact information

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APA manual (6th ed.), pp. 23-25; See also sample paper p. 41

Title page – Class Assignment

Runn

What Students Need to KnowAbout APA

Student’s NameCourse number or CRN:Title of course:

Title:

byLaura Lucio Ramirez

CUR 526 24022Educational Research for Practitioners

InstitutionMonth day, year

Nova Southeastern UniversityJuly 1, 2012

Running head: WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW 1

Abstract

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Abstract

This paper provides an overview of how to use APA

formatting. The rules in the sixth edition of the

Publication Manual of the American Psychological

Association. Errors that were corrected in later

runs of the sixth edition are also discussed.

Keywords: formatting, styles guides, APA

WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW

Formatting the assignment content

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Use double-spacing throughout the paper including the title

page, abstract, body of the document, reference list, appendixes,

tables, and figure captions. APA does permit single spacing within references but double spacing between references (see Publication

Manual, p. 323).

Major headings are centered. The first word of the heading is capitalized as well as all major words. Articles, short

prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions, however, are not

capitalized (Falcao, 2005).

Other issues also need to be considered. Students and teachers

alike need to pay attention to using subheadings. For example,

• Page #s • 12 pt font• Times New Roman • Double spaced• Indented• Left justified• No underlining• Bold forheadings• You can nowuse bullets

APA Formatting for NSU Class Assignments


Running head 3

Use double-spacing throughout the paper including the title


tables, and figure captions. APA does permit single spacing within references but double spacing between references. (See p. 326

of the Publication Manual.)

Major headings are centered. The first word of the heading is capitalized as well as all major words. Articles, short

prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions, however, are not

capitalized (Falcao, 2005).

Other issues also need to be considered. Students and teachers

alike need to pay attention to using subheadings. For example,

• Running heads is only on the title page. Just use the title here.

•1 inch margins



Headings

Use Level 1 Headings

Level 2 – Flush Left, Boldfaced, Upper andLower Case Side Heading

APA manual (6th ed.), p. 62; See also sample paper p. 54

Title of Paper

Sample page Use double-spacing throughout the paper including the title


tables, and figure captions. APA does permit single spacing within references but double spacing between references. (See p. 326

of the Publication Manual.)

Issues to Consider

Major headings require specific formatting: (a) The first word of

the heading is capitalized as well as all major words; (b) articles,

short prepositions, and coordinating conjunctions are not

capitalized; and (c) the heading is not italicized.

Formatting of Paper

There are exceptions for dissertation. Other issues also need to

be considered. Students and teachers need to know how to use

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Issues to Consider

Title

Level 2

APA Headings

Level 1

Formatting of Paper

Do not label the introduction as

a specific section.


See sample paper, APA manual, pp. 44-48

Reference sectionReferences

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Reference Section

See APA manual (6th ed.), pp. 193-215

• Page entitledReferences

• Hanging indentations

•APA uses double spacing. Check with your academic program because a lot of programs single space citations.

• Double space between citations

• Use italics, do not underline

• Alphabetical order, Then by date

centered

Kennedy, J. D. (2005). Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends of a

longitudinal study. Portal, 3, 459-479. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.76.4.482

Kennedy, J. D. (2009a). Identifying uniform core journal titles for music libraries: A

dissertation citation study. College & Research Libraries, 60(2), 153-163.

Kennedy, J. D. (2009b). Measuring the use and value of electronic journals and books.

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 43(3), 33-43.

Morner, C. J. (1995). Measuring the library research skills of education doctoral students.

In R. AnRhein (Ed.), Continuity & transformation: The promise of confluence. Proceedings

of the Seventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries,

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 29-April 1, 1995 (pp. 381-391). Chicago, IL: Association

of College and Research Libraries.

O'Connor, D. O., & Voos, H. (2008). Empirical laws, theory construction, and bibliometrics. In J.

Smith & B. B. Jones, New adventures on the Web. Springfield, MA: Springer Verlag.


Hanging indentationsReferences



• Single space in citations(NOTE:FSEHS style)




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Using Microsoft Word’s formatting for hanging indentations

Example in MSWord 2003• Go to Format.• Select Paragraph.• In Indents and Spacing• Go to the Special section.• Select Hanging.

Hanging indentations using Word 2007

Jones, R. N., del Rio, J. A., Humenik, J. A., García, E. O., & Ramírez, A. M. (2001). Citation mining: Integrating text mining and bibliometrics for research user profiling. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52, 1148-1156.

Hanging Indentations Using Word 2007

Double spacing or single spacing

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Italicize journal and book titles

References






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Alphabetize authors in reference list

References



• APA uses double spacing. Check with your academic program because a lot of programs single space citations.


• Alphabetical order

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Voos, D. O., & O’Connor, H. (2008). Empirical laws, theory construction, and bibliometrics. In J.



Alphabetize by date and article title














References



• APA uses double spacing. Check with your academic program because a lot of programs single space citations.


• Alphabetical order, and Then by date

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DOIs Kennedy, J. D. (2005). Master's and doctoral thesis citations: Analysis and trends of a













References• Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

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Retrieval statementsReferences• Digital Object

Identifier (DOI)

• Use retrieval statements for the exact journal home URL.

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longitudinal study. Portal, 3, 459-479. Retrieved from http://www.portal.org












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