APA presentation to BSN students

1. APA STYLE AND CITATIONS
Daytona State College Library, Fall 2014

2. 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

3. First Page of Paper
• The title
appears twice
• Once as
running head
• Once as
centered title
• Page
numbering:
done with
running head

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

5. In-Text Citations
One Author
• Last name
• Comma
• Year
• Page # if
quote

6. In-Text Citations
Multiple Authors
• First time: list
them all.
• Two
exceptions
• Same first
author and
year
• Six or more
authors

7. Guidelines for In-
Text Citations

8. References
Article with DOI
• Digital Object
Identifier
• Newer articles
have them
• Do not
capitalize doi

9. References
Article 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

10. References Page
• The word
References is
centered at the
top of the page
• Alphabetical
order
• Hanging
indent

11. References
American 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

12. A Word About Powerpoint
The word is SILENT.