APA Style

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

APA Style

citation is the new black
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Ice Breaker

Brainstorm:
What falls under the rules of APA Style?

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Title Page

Centered in the Upper half of the page
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Running Header

Title in all CAPS
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Font

Times New Roman
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Font Size

12 point
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Spacing

Document is double spaced
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Margins

1 inch on all sides
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Heading Levels

Consistent with current Style Guide
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Indentation

The first line of each paragraph is indented 1 'tab'
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Lists

Use letters for 'short' lists, numbers for 'longer' lists

Personal Pronouns

Avoid!
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Paraphrasing

Cite: Author and Date
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The Order of your Paper

 Title Page, Abstract, Body, References, Tables, Figures, Appendices
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Contractions

Just don't!

Page Breaks

None until your references

Numbers

Fully spell One - Nine, 10 and above can be #'s

Direct Quotes

includes: author, date, and specific part of the source
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Displaying Quotes

Under 40 words = in text. Over = fully indented
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Reference List

All references should appear in your paper at least once.
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Reference Order

Alphabetical Order
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Reference List Format

Hanging Indent

DOI: Digital Object Identifier

List it!
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Italics?

Titles: Books, Journals, & Technical Reports + Volume #'s
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Capitalization?

First word of a title and anything after a: Colon

Hyperlinks?

Use a DOI if you can - but remove the blue no matter what
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Common Mistakes

A heads-up

Forgetting
running headings and page numbers

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Incorrect formatting of headings

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Incorrect in-text citations:
Spelling, author lists, and plain old WRONG citation.

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Using a URL instead of a DOI

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"and" Spell it out in a sentence, use an & in parenthesis.

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"et. all" v. "et al."
The first time you list multiple authors you have to list them all.

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Data is plural.
Datum is singular.
Datas doesn't exist.

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APA Tools

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