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=__A Quick Guide to Writing in APA Style__=

Paper Formatting

 * Margins should be one inch on all sides
 * Preferred typefaces: Times New Roman, Courier, or Arial 12pt.
 * Each page must have a header in the top right-hand corner. The header consists of one or two words of your title and the page number... Pages are numbered 1, 2, 3... remember the cover page and bibliography page.
 * All lines including titles and subtitles must be double spaced. Your reference pages may be single spaced if they are extensive.
 * In-text citations of more than 40 words should be indented 5-10 spaces without quotation marks. If only one paragraph, do not give the first line an additional indent. If quoting more than one paragraph, indent the first line of each paragraph five additional spaces from the left margin (for a total of ten spaces).

Reference Page

 * When writing authors' names, use the author's last name, first initial, and middle initial, if any.
 * If there is more than one author, use an ampersand (&) before the last author's name.
 * Place date of publication in parenthesis after the name information (if no available date, put //n.d.//). For magazines and newspapers, give the year followed by the month and date, if any.
 * For book and article titles, capitalize only the first word of the title, and the first word after a colon.
 * //Italicize// the titles of longer works, like books, magazines, newspapers, periodicals or journals that contain the cited articles. Include volume numbers as part of the italicized title.
 * Do not underline, italicize, or put quotes around titles of shorter works, like article titles.
 * Do not abbreviate publication months; write out the full month name.
 * Use the abbreviation p. or pp. before newspaper page numbers only. Do not use p. or pp. before page numbers for magazines, journals, or books.
 * List all pages used, even if they are not continuous (32, 46-47).
 * Double space between citations. Single space in the citations.
 * Give volume numbers for magazines, journals, and newsletters. Include the issue number for journals if and only if each issue begins on page 1.

Useful Web Links
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/apagd.php http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?reqstyleid=2