1. The Basics
APA Style

2. Why use APA? Allows others to access your sources
Establishes credibility
Helps you stay organized
Prevents plagiarism

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

4. Title Page Example

5. First Page of Paper- Example

6. Use in-text citations when…
Quoting
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Source within a source
Do not quote a source that you source has also quoted.
Instead, find the original source and quote it directly.
This eliminates confusion within your paper and the reference list.

7. How do citations work?
They direct your reader to your reference page.

8. Example

9. A Source with No Author

10. A Source with Multiple Authors

11. Miscellaneous APA Rules
Quotes longer than 40 words should be indented 5 spaces.
When summarizing, do not give a page number (only use the last name and publication year).

12. Reference Page- Example