American Psychological Association (APA)

APA Style 6th Edition American Psychological Association (APA) – it is a document system (called an author date system) that is used for work in psychology and many other disciplines.

General Document Format Guidelines (APA Style) Margins – 1” on all sides Font – 12 pts Times New Roman, Courier or Arial Spacing – double Alignment – flush left Paragraph indentions – 5 to 7 spaces Pagination – 1” from the rightmost edge; first line On standard size paper – 8 ½” x 11 Include a page header ( short title & page number) in the upper right-hand of every page.

APA Guidelines All lines after the first line of each entry in your reference list should be intended one-half inch from the left margin. Example: Brendt, T.J. (2002). Social development. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Authors names are inverted (last name first), give the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work for up to and including seven authors. Example: Abanilla, C.L.,Alcance, K.V., Aranilla, J.M., Balmes C.G., Laguartilla,M.E., Mendoza, C.S., Eule, M.J.(2013). Introduction to Librarianship. Quezon City: C & E Pub.

Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work. Example: Altez, T.C. (2012). Laugh and Live. Quezon City:C & E Pub. Gomez, N.J. (2013). Happily ever after. New York: Mac-Graw Hill Inc.

APA FORMAT Newspaper article : Example (print version): Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4. If an article appears on discontinuous pages, give all page numbers, and separate the numbers with a comma (e.g., pp. B1, B3, B5–B7).

Newspaper article Example (electronic version): Brody, J. E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves keep brain agile. The New York Times. Retrieved from Give the URL of the home page when the online version of the article is available by search to avoid nonworking URLs.

Journal article Last, F. M., & Last, F. M. (Year Published). Article title. Journal Name, Volume (Issue), pp. Pages. Example: Almeida, L. (1990). Morphological differences between American and Brazilian Pig Latin constructions.Piggiotica, 13, Structure:

Magazines Article Structure: Last, F. M. (Year, Month Published). Article title. Magazine Title, volume(issue), pp. Page(s). Examples: Rothbart, D. (2008, October). How I caught up with dad. Men's Health,

Audiovisual media Music recording Structure: Artist. (Year) Name of Song. On Name of Collection/Album [Medium of recording]. City, State: Recording Label Company. Coldplay. (2000). Trouble. On Parachutes [iTunes]. EMI Records Ltd. Retrieved from s/id

Motion Picture/Video Grey, B., King, G., & Pitt, B. (Producers), & Scorsese, M. (Director). (2006). The Departed [Motion Picture]. United States: Plan B Entertainment.

Images Structure: Creator’s last name, First initial. Middle initial. (Role of creator). (Year of creation). Description or title of image. [Type of work]. Retrieved from URL. Examples: Comas, J. S. (Photographer). (2007). Jordi Comas Teaching. [Digital Image]. Retrieved /

Online Sources Periodicals: Structure: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved from

Electronic Books De Huff, E. W. (n.d.). Taytay’s tales: Traditional Pueblo Indian tales. Retrieved from ff/taytay/taytay.html Davis, J. (n.d.). Familiar birdsongs of the Northwest. Available from inkey=

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