1. APA Format
An introduction

2. General rules
Essays should always be typed, double-spaced with 1” margins on all sides.
Use 12 point Times-New Roman font
Papers should include a page header or running head. [Formatting note: This header should be located in the header of each page. The first page should include the words “Running title:” followed by the title of your paper. All other pages should just include the name of your paper]
There are four sections of each paper: Title Page, Abstract, Main Body, References

3. In-text Citations
Only capitalize all words in a title that are four letters or longer unless they are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs
Capitalize both words in a hyphenated compounds or after a dash or colon
Italicize the titles of books, movies, television series, documentaries or music albums
Put quotation marks around the title of articles in a larger work
When citing in your text, put the name of the author followed by the year in parenthesis
(Rice, 2013) or According to Rice (2013), …
(Casablanca, 1942) or In Casablanca (1942), …

4. Reference Page
Author’s names are inverted and only initials are used for first names.
Alphabetize by last name of the first author
If using multiple works by the same author, put them in chronological order
Capitalize all major words in journal titles
For books, articles, web pages, etc. capitalize only the first word in the title
Italicize longer works such as books and movies
Do not use quotation marks around the titles of shorter works within a larger work (ie. Article titles, episode titles)

5. Examples Article in a journal Book Movie Online source
Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11, 7-10.
Book
Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.
Movie
Schmoe, P. P. (Producer), & Dumkoff, D. D. (Director). (Date ofpublication). Title of motion picture [Motion picture]. Country of origin: Studio or distributor.
Online source
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume number(issue number if available). Retrieved from