1. What is APA?

2. 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

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

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

5. Paper Guidelines Use 1” margins on all sides Double space
Use 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)

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

7. First page
Full title centered

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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...

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

12. 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.

13. 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

14. 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 gender.html

15. Books
Title: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
Publisher: Washington, DC :American Psychological Association,c2001.
Reference Desk - BF76.7 .P
Title: The Little, Brown essential handbook /Jane E. Aaron.
Author: Aaron, Jane E.
Publisher: New York :Pearson Longman,c2008
Reference Desk - PE1112 .A
Title: The curious researcher :a guide to writing research papers /Bruce Ballenger.
Author: Ballenger, Bruce P.
Publisher: New York :Pearson Longman,c2007.
Circulation - LB2369 .B
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 .H

16. Helpful Links http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

17. Citation formatting tools
citationmachine.net/

18. Check the APA Manual or Ask for help