APA STYLE AND CITATIONS

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Title Page and Abstract

• Instructions for setting up a paper in Word are on the Nursing Research Guide

• Elements of the title page:

• Running head• Title• Author name

and affiliation• Abstract: one-

paragraph summary of your paper

First Page of Paper

• The title appears twice

• Once as running head

• Once as centered title

• Page numbering: done with running head

Doing Quotations

• Remember: you have to cite whether you quote or paraphrase.

In-Text CitationsOne Author

• Last name• Comma• Year• Page # if

quote

In-Text CitationsMultiple Authors

• First time: list them all.

• Two exceptions

• Same first author and year

• Six or more authors

Guidelines for In-Text Citations

ReferencesArticle with DOI

• Digital Object Identifier

• Newer articles have them

• Do not capitalize doi

ReferencesArticle Without

DOI

• Must include a URL

• CINAHL and other EBSCO databases: Retrieved from http://ebscohost.com/

• Nursing Collection (Ovid): http://ovid.com/

• Note: EBSCO cite tool does it WRONG

References Page

• The word References is centered at the top of the page

• Alphabetical order

• Hanging indent

ReferencesAmerican Psychological Association. (2010). Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.) Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.Menchine, M., Probst, M.A., Agy, C., Bach, D., & Arora, S. (2011). Diagnostic accuracy of venous blood gas electrolytes for identifying diabetic ketoacidosis in the emergency department. Academic Emergency Medicine, 18, 1105-1108. doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01158.x

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