Entry # 4

American Psychological Association.

APA citation style refers to the rules and conventions for documenting sources used in a research paper.

·         Font: recommends using 12 pt. Times New Roman.

·         All papers should be double space.

·         Print on white 8.5 x ll-inch paper.

APA style recommends organizing your paper into the following sections:

·         Title page.

·         Abstract.

·         Main body.

·         References.

APA Formatting:

·         Reference page on a separate sheet of paper, the same title as the rest of the paper. The word reference must be centered at the top of the page.

·         Author´s last name and then initials for all authors of a particular work for up to and including seven authors. A work that has more than seven authors, list the first six authors and then use ellipses after the sixth author´s name. After the ellipses, list the last author´s name of the work.

·         Names of books, chapters, articles or web pages only capitalize the first letter of the first word of a title and subtitle.

APA Citation of:

·          Books

·         Journal article

·          Magazines

·          Newspapers

·          Encyclopedias

·         Web- based sources

Citing books:

Author´s last name, A (year of publication) Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

Citing Articles from Scholarly Journals:

Author, A.A, Author, B.B, & Author, C.C. (Year) Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number (issue number), pages.

Magazines:

Author, A. A. (date). Title of article. Title of periodical. Volume, pages.

Newspapers:

Author, A.A. (date). Title of article. Title of newspaper, page number(s).

P for single page.

PP for double pages.

Citing Articles from Encyclopedias:

Author, A. A. (date). Title of article. In Title of encyclopedia. (Volume, page numbers). City of publication, State: Publisher.

Citing Web- based sources:

Author, A.A. & Author, B.B. (date of publication). Title of article. Title of journal, volume number. Retrieved from http://www.journalhomepage.com/full/url

Sources:

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (6º edition).
Retrieved from http://www.apastyle.org/ Accessed on May 12, 2013.