APA Style: A lesson reinforced

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Purpose, Task(s), Criteria

▪ Purpose: ▪ Reinforce your knowledge of APA for your

final paper

▪ Tasks: ▪ Timed writing exercise▪ Group APA exercise ▪ Writing reflection exercise ▪ Discussion/Lecture

▪ Criteria: ▪ You will know you’re successful when you

correctly identify APA errors and correct them in front of the class.

Question

On a scale of 1 to 5 with:

1 being least confident

5 being most confident

How would you rate your understanding of APA?

Two Minute Speed Writing Exercise

Tell me everything you know about APA style

Two Minutes

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-timer/

APA formatted paper video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pbUoNa5tyY

Title Page Example

Running head: SHORT TITLE ALL CAPS IN HEADER 1

Full Title of Paper: Sentence Case, Centered Left to Right

Name of Author

Author’s Affiliation

Author Note

Author note with more information about affiliation, research grants, conflict

of interest and how to contact.

No more than 50 characters

Full title is centered and positioned in upper half of the page

In-text citations

▪ OWL in-text citations ▪ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/

03/

▪ American Psychological Association. (2010) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC p.174.

Examples of In-text Citations

Davis (2009) popular video games can be effective for

developing quick response times in surgeons.

Second Life and other simulation based web sites are used

in instruction (Davis,2009).

In 2009, Davis’ study of online learning showed the

effectiveness of games for learning.

Other notes about in-text citations

Cite all of the authors the first time around:

Examples:

3 Authors

Pender, Henderson & Nightengale (2014)

4 Authors

Orem, Newman, Mercer & Rogers (2013)

5 Authors

Boykin, Levine, Benner, Barnard & King (2012)

Levels of Heading

APA Manual Rule Example

Method

In this paper I used two types of methods to

figure out the results of my experiment.

First Type: Sand Collecting

The first type of method I used was the sand

collecting method.

Part one of the sand collecting method:

collection.

This part included collecting sand and putting it

into giant buckets to be sorted by grain size.

Part two of the sand collecting method: testing.

This part included…

▪ 3.03, p.62

When adding quotes to your paper double space between lines and add quotation marks.

Direct quotes require the page number.

“What is the most important thing to do? is to care. ‘To care’

brings together being careful and caring”

(Brahm, 1993, p.134).

American Psychological Association. (2010) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).

Washington, DC p.170.

Quotes APA rule 6.03 – p. 170

▪ If quote is more than 40 words use a block quotation. ▪ Indent a block quote ½ inch from the

left margin.▪ No quotation marks are needed for a

block quote.▪ Double space between the quote.

American Psychological Association. (2010) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC p. 170.

Block Quotes

Reference Page Basics

▪ References appear at the end of your paper▪ Reference list is alphabetized by author’s last name listed

first▪ Includes citations for all references listed in the body of

your paper ▪ Has a heading▪ The word References is centered on your last page not in

bold, or italics▪ All references are formatted with a ½ inch hanging indent

American Psychological Association. (2010) Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC pp. 180-192.

OWL Reference List Basic Rules

Anatomy of a Book Citation

Townsend, M. (2011). Nursing diagnosis in psychiatric nursing:

Care plans and psychotropic medications. Philadelphia:

F.A. Davis Co.

Author Date Title

Publisher and Location

Anatomy of a Chapter in a Book citation

Flu. (2007). Longe, J. L. (Ed.), The Gale encyclopedia of

nursing and allied health. (7th ed., Vol.2, pp.172-188).

Detroit:Thomson Gale.

Chapter title

Date

Editor Title of book

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC pp. 202-203

OWL Reference List Books

Electronic Version of Print Book

Hodgson, K. (2009). Saunders nursing drug handbook 2010. Retrieved from

http://www.nursingconsult.com/das/book/177571463-2/view/2089OR

Pink, D. (2009). A whole new mind. [Adobe Digital Editions version].

doi:10.1037/0010393722

Title of bookAuthor

Author Title of bookEdition

Kindle, Adobe, etc.

Electronic Version of a Print Book

American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC p. 203.

▪ APA Manual 7.02 p. 203 example 19OWL Reference List Electronic Sources

Add as much info as print sources in the same order

Do not need the retrieval date unless source may change over time

Add “Retrieved from” before a URL

Journal Article with a doi

Lloyd, M., & Carson, A. (2012). Critical conversations:

Developing a methodology for service user involvement in

mental health nursing. Nurse Education Today. 32(2), 151-

155. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.10.014

Journal Article without a doi

Darling, L.W. (1985). Self-mentoring strategies. Journal of Nursing

Administration, 15(4), 42-43. Retrieved from

http://ovidsp.tx.ovid.com/sp

Nonperiodical web document,web page, or report

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from http://Web address

American Nurses Association. (2012). Nursing world. Retrieved from

http://www.nursingworld.org/EspeciallyForYou/What-is-Nursing

If no date is listed use (n.d.)

Source: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/

Appendices

▪ Label an Appendix in the following way:

Appendix A, B, etc.

▪ Refer to the Appendix in-text this way:

(see Appendix A Lactating Mothers Comfort Quilts)

Let’s divide into groups

Reporting Out

▪ Each group find 5 errors in the APA Paper

▪ Correct those errors ▪ Show us the correct way the item should

appear▪ Cite the OWL at Purdue or the APA Manual

Good Luck!!

Fifteen Minutes

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-timer/

Final Writing Exercise

1) What is the most important thing you learned from today’s library session?

2) What remains unclear to you from today’s library session?

Two Minute Writing Reflection

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/countdown-timer/

Time to report out

Online Citation Resources

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://guides.library.unlv.edu/nursing

APA Paper Example

California State University Northridge Paper Example

http://www.csun.edu/plunk/apa.pdf

Writing Help @ UNLV

Where: Writing Center

Tel: 702-895-3908

Writing Center Website

http://writingcenter.unlv.edu/

To make an appointment, please call 895-3908 or drop by the

Writing Center (CDC Building 3).