Writing An Apa Paper

Writing an APA Paper Lynn Mayfield Campus Librarian

APA STYLE GUIDE: APA Documentation System

For a comprehensive coverage of these topics, please consult the print version of the Manual itself (5 TH ed

Slide by Marilene Riemer, KU-Tampa Librarian

Don’t Panic!

Get Help!

Librarian

Day or Night Campus Librarian

Public Librarian

Online

Owl at Purdue http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

APA website http:// apastyle.apa.org /

Citation Machine http:// www.citationmachine.net /

APA Pocket Handbooks

Get Started!

Gather your research.

Books

Journals

Online

Databases http://www.lirn.net/cgi-bin/auth.pl?patronid =5c2afd2ef4c6140ca56d4f8581cd0780

Web

Want to save time?

Get source info NOW! Here’s how…

Open a WORD doc for REFERENCES. References-ex beginning of page.doc

Open Citation Machine http:// www.citationmachine.net / .

Open your source

Hard copy-book, journal, etc.

Online http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2512.html

Select type of source in Citation Machine & fill in the information. Submit. Copy & Paste into your WORD doc. Indent beginning with the 2 nd line. References-ex first entry from citation machine.doc

What NOT to do…

DON’T use

Contractions

1 st or 2 nd person (unless permitted by the instructor)

Informal language (ex. “totally”)

Repetition

Bias – Ask, “Does this word or sentence offend?”

Fragments or Run-on sentences

Abbreviations without first identifying them and ONLY accepted abbreviations such as NASA.

Numbers in the body of the paper IF smaller than 10 (one – nine) *

Don’t use someone else’s words or ideas without proper citation. It’s called PLAGIARISM ! h ttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/apaplag/APAPlagQuiz.html

What TO DO… APA Requirements

Title page http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Abstract (summary of 120 words or less)

Text (Body of paper) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/02/

Reference page http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/

Use ACTIVE verbs .

Be clear!

Be consistent!

Run Spell Check and Grammar Check AND have someone else proofread your paper.

Always refer to Guidelines to get it right!

Title Page

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Page header (p.1)

Running head (all caps)

Title (full)

Byline (Student’s name)

Institutional affiliation

Multicultural Differences 1 Running head: MULTICULTURAL DIFFERENCES Multicultural Differences in the Post Secondary Classroom Lynn Mayfield Keiser University

First page of text

Page header; page number (3)

Title of paper centered at the top

Double-space

Begin text (indent each paragraph)

Notice the in-text citation.

Multiple Differences 3 Multiple Differences in the Post-Secondary Classroom Blah Blah Blah Blah bla blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blau. Wamp Wamp Wamp Wamp Wamp (Mayfield, 2009). Blah Blah Blah Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blau. Bla Blah Bla

Direct Quotations

Standard: “ Incorporate a short quotation (fewer than 40 words) into text, and enclose the quotation with double quotation marks ” (American Psychological Association, 2001, p. 117).

****Always include the page number.

40 or more words :

NO quotation marks

BLOCKED

INDENT LEFT margin

DOUBLE SPACE

Citation follows the last punctuation mark. (Smith, 2005, p.4)

Examples of References Examples by Marilene Riemer, KU-Tampa Librarian Book ( single author ): Baxter, C. (1997). Race equality in health care and education . Philadelphia: Balliere Tindall. Book ( two authors ): Frank, R. H., & Bernanke, B. (2007). Principles of macroeconomics (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill/Irwin. Magazine Article ( print version ) Greenberg, G. (2001, August 13). As good as dead: Is there really such thing as brain death? New Yorker , 36-41. Journal or Magazine Article –( print version ) Klimoski, R., & Palmer, S. (1993). The ADA and the hiring process in organizations. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 45 (2), 10-36.

Examples of References Journal Article – ( found on a database ) Sendelberg, K. S. (2008). Child support: Making a molehill out of a mountain. Michigan Bar Journal , 87(6), 24-26. Retrieved January 5, 2009, from LegalTrac database. Online Article – ( not a journal ) Albanese, J. (2001). How can we reach teenage smokers? Retrieved September 13, 2001, from http://msweb.nursingspectrum.com/ce/ce229.htm U.S. government report ( Online ) United States Sentencing Commission. (n.d.). Federal sentencing statistics by state. Retrieved Aug. 2, 2002, from http://www.ussc.gov/JUDPACK/JP2000.htm Examples by Marilene Riemer, KU-Tampa Librarian

REFERENCES

IF you took my earlier suggestion, this will be a piece of cake…

All that is left to do is take out any source you really didn’t use, and ALPHABETIZE all entries by the first word which is usually the author’s last name. http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/aparef.html

Reference page

Page header; page number

Type the word References - top center.

Double-space; begin reference list.

DO NOT number.

Double-space ALL entries.

Alphabetize.

Use hanging indent.

Multicultural Differences 6 References Albernathy, B. T. (2008). Ethnicity in the classroom. Teacher, 23, 25-26. Boxworthy, F. D. (1999). Boxing it out in the classroom with Boxworthy. New York: Smith Publications. Smith, B. A. (2006). Culture clash. Los Angeles, CA: Universal Press. Williams, T. H. (2002). Multicutural issues today. Educator, 50. Retrieved January 27, 2009, from http//fltp.edu/issues.

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