APA 7th Edition

1. American Psychological Association 7th Edition
American Psychological Association 7th Edition Formatting
Sami Ullah
Department of Library and Information Science, University of Peshawar
(LIS-724) Research Seminar in Library and Information Science
Dr. Asad Khan
November 21, 2023

2. Contents
 What is APA?
 Title Page
 Document Format
 Heading Format
 In-text Citation
 References

3. What is APA?
The American Psychological Association (APA) style provides a foundation for effective scholarly communication
because it helps authors present their ideas in a clear, concise, and organized manner (APA, 2020, p. xvii).
Disciplines that use APA:
 Business
 Health Sciences
 Sciences
 Social Sciences

4. Title Page
 Page number (Right side on the corner).
 Title (Bold, Centered, 1st latter of each word should be capital while the word his four or more than four letters).
 Author
 Affiliation
 Course code & name
 Instructor/Supervisor
 Due date
 Author Note (A collection of notes from the author about the written work).

5. Document Format
 Set all margins to 1 in. or 2.54 cm
 Page number in the upper right-hand corner of every page.
 Recommended Font & Font size: Calibri (11 ft.), Arial (11 ft.) & Times New Roman (12 ft.)
 Double spacing (Use double line spacing throughout the text).
 All paragraph should be indented 0.5 in. or 1.27 cm (without Abstract).

6. Heading Format
Level 1: Centered, Bold, Title Case Heading
Text begins as a new paragraph.
2. Flush Left, Bold, Title Case Heading Text
begins as a new paragraph.
3. Flush Left, Bold Italic, Title Case Heading
Text begins as a new paragraph.
4. Indented, Bold, Title Case Heading, Ending With a Period. Text begins on the same line and continues as a
regular paragraph.
5. Indented, Bold Italic, Title Case Heading, Ending With a Period. Text begins on the same line and continues as a
regular paragraph.

7. In-text Citation
One Author:
Parenthetical: (Harris, 2016)
Narrative: Harris (2016)
Two Authors:
Parenthetical: (Harris & Smith, 2018)
Narrative: Harris & Smith (2018)
Three or more than three authors:
Parenthetical: (Harris et al., 2020)
Narrative: Harris et al. (2020)

8. References
American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Works included in a reference list. APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-
grammar-guidelines/references/works-included
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th
ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: The official
guide to APA style (7th ed). American Psychological Association.