Usage of APA in Case Study a Nsg.Info and Health Ed. Joint Activity

1. BASICS OF APA STYLE
A HEALTH EDUCATION AND NURSING INFORMATICS JOINT
ACTIVITY

2. APA style is a writing style and format for academic documents
such as scholarly journal articles and books, and is commonly
used for citing sources within the field of social sciences

3. The guidelines were developed to aid reading comprehension in
the social and behavioral sciences, for clarity of communication,
and for "word choice that best reduces bias in language"

4. APA style is widely used, either
entirely or with modifications, by
hundreds of other scientific
journals (including medical and
other public health journals), in
many textbooks, and in
academia (for papers written in
classes). Along with AMA
Style and CSE Style, it is one of
the major styles for such work.

5. • The APA got involved in journal
publishing in 1923.
• In 1929, an APA committee had a seven-
page writer's guide published in
the Psychological Bulletin.
• In 1944, a 32-page guide appeared as
an article in the same journal
HISTORY

6. The first edition of the APA Publication
Manual was published in 1952 as a 61-
page supplement to the Psychological
Bulletin, marking the beginning of a
recognized “APA style.”
In response to the growing complexities of
scientific reporting, subsequent editions
were released in 1974, 1983, 1994, 2001,
and 2009.

7. Primarily known for the simplicity of its reference
citation style, the Manual also established
standards for language use that had far-reaching
effects.
Particularly influential were the "Guidelines for
Nonsexist Language in APA Journals," first
published as a modification to the 1974 edition,
which provided practical alternatives to sexist
language then in common usage.

8. Sixth edition of the Publication Manual
The sixth edition of the Publication Manual
of the American Psychological
Association is the most current. It was
released in July 2009 after four years of
development.

9. The APA explained the issuing of a new
edition only eight years after the fifth edition
by pointing to the increased use of online
source or online access to academic
journals (6th edition, p. XV). The sixth
edition is accompanied by a style
website, apastyle.org as well as the APA
Style Blog, which answers many common
questions from users

10. Why use APA?
• Allows others to access your sources
• Helps you stay organized
• Establishes credibility
• Prevents plagiarism
•Gives credit to sources
• Standard

11. Setting up your paper:
• One-inch margins
• Double-spaced
• Title page – centered text placed in top half of page
• Page number in header (right justified)
• Title of essay in header (left justified, all capital
letters)

17. Use in-text citations when.
. .
•Quoting
•Paraphrasing
•Summarizing

26. Reference List
Alphabetical order
Hanging Indent
All lines after the first line of each entry should
be indented one-half inch from the left margin.
Authors' names are inverted
(last name first)

34. Helpful Websites
• www.apastyle.org
•
owl.english.purdue.edu
• http://lrc.tulsacc.edu

35. THANK YOU!
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