What is APA?

APA (American Psychological Association) is a documentation style used for research papers: General format of APA research papers Give credit to avoid Plagiarism In-text citations

Documentation Styles used at FKCC APA (American Psychological Association) MLA (Modern Language Association) Chicago Style

Overview Paper Guidelines Citing Sources Parenthetical Citations (in text citations) References Page Links

Paper Guidelines Use 1” margins on all sides Double space Use 10-12 pt Times New Roman font Add Header (First two or three words of the paper title appear five spaces to the left of the page number on every page beginning with the title page)

Title Page Short title and page number Full title, your name, section # of course, instructor’s name and date – all centered

First page Full title centered

Parenthetical Citation Basic – 1 author ...students demonstrated solid understanding of the concepts and information (Jones, 2001). Jones (2001) found that students demonstrated a solid understanding of the concepts and information.

Parenthetical Citation Basic – 2 authors ...later studies demonstrated a similar effect (Ross & Hudson, 2004). Ross and Hudson (2004) found a similar effect in later studies. 9

Unknown author: Use brief title The study revealed a strong positive correlation between the two variables (“Learn APA", 2006). Organization as author: The American Psychological Association (2000) reported that...

References Page List of references Alphabetical by author last name 1st line at left margin; other lines indent ½” Double-spacing is used

Book: George, M. W. (2008). The elements of library research Book: George, M. W. (2008). The elements of library research. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

Online database article: Smyth, A. M. , Parker, A. L. ,& Pease, D. L Online database article: Smyth, A. M., Parker, A. L.,& Pease, D. L. (2002). A study of enjoyment of peas. Journal of Abnormal Eating, 8(3). Retrieved February 20, 2003, from PsycARTICLES database. 13

Website with no author/no date: Gender and society. (n. d. ) Website with no author/no date: Gender and society. (n.d.). Retrieved December 3, 2001, from http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/ gender.html

Books Title: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Publisher: Washington, DC :American Psychological Association,c2001. Reference Desk - BF76.7 .P83 2001 Title: The Little, Brown essential handbook /Jane E. Aaron. Author: Aaron, Jane E. Publisher: New York :Pearson Longman,c2008 Reference Desk - PE1112 .A24 2008 Title: The curious researcher :a guide to writing research papers /Bruce Ballenger. Author: Ballenger, Bruce P. Publisher: New York :Pearson Longman,c2007. Circulation - LB2369 .B246 2007 Title: A writer's reference /Diana Hacker ; contributing authors, Nancy Sommers,Tom Jehn, Jane Rosenzweig ; contributing ESL specialist, Marcy Carbajal Van Horn. Author: Hacker, Diana, Publisher: Boston :Bedford/St. Martins,c2007. Reference Desk - REF PE1408 .H2778 2007

Helpful Links http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ http://www.dianahacker.com/writersref http://fkcclibraryresearch.blogspot.com

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