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    Basic Concepts for APA Style:

    How to Implement itEfficiently

    Deanna Hanson-Abromeit

    Conservatory of Music and Dance

    Bob Schubert

    Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching

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    Objectives

    Word Based Tools

    Paper Format

    Paper Sections

    Resources

    Questions

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    Using Word and APA

    Word 2007

    Formats reference list and insertion of citations citation

    Endnote

    Bibliographic software

    Users can search, retrieve, and store citations directly

    from database

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    Paper Format

    Page Numbers

    Number consecutively

    Begin with title page

    Upper right hand edge

    At least 1 inch from edge

    Manuscript page headers

    Identifier of manuscript pages

    First 2 or 3 words of title

    Right hand corner above or 5 spaces before page number

    Punctuation

    One space - periods and minus signs

    No space internal periods (e.g., U.S., p.m.), hyphens, colons inratios

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    Paper Sections

    Sections

    Title Page

    Abstract

    Text References

    Appendices

    Footnotes & Notes

    Tables Figures

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    Title Page

    Running Head for Publication Abbreviated title used for publication 50 characters max Flush left at the top of title page (below manuscript page

    header) ALL CAPS

    Title Centered; upper half of the page If more than one line, double space

    Byline and Affiliation In order of contribution Centered One double-space below title

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    Abstract

    Begin on a new page

    Manuscript Header and Page 2 in upper right handcorner of page

    Label page Abstract, centered at top of page

    Block paragraph form

    Not to exceed 120 words

    Type all numbers as Arabic numerals

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    Text

    Start on a new page; page number 3

    Title of paper centered at the top of the page

    Double-space

    Begin text

    No page breaks between sections

    All pages have the manuscript page header and the page

    number

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    Headers One to Five Levels

    Centered Uppercase and Lowercase Heading

    Method

    Flush left, italicized, upper & lower case side heading

    Participants

    Indented, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading endingwith a period

    Description of groups.

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    In-text Citations Single Reference Citation

    Author last name and year of publication; separated by a

    comma

    e.g. (Hanson-Abromeit, 2009)

    Multiple Reference Citation

    Semi-colon (;) to separate multiple references for a single

    citation

    Alphabetical order

    e.g. (Hanson-Abromeit, 2009; Schubert, 2009)

    3-5 authors, list all last names first time; subsequentcitations are listed under first author followed by et al. and

    publication year

    6 or more authors

    Last name first author et al., publication year

    e.g. (Hanson-Abromeit et al., 2009)

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    In-text Citations

    Book chapter

    Chapter author, comma (,) year of publication

    Web site and electronic references

    Author name (if available) and year

    Unknown author use page title or first couple of words of

    paragraph

    Unknown year use n.d.

    Refer toAPA Style Guide to Electronic Resources

    Subsequent citation in same paragraph

    Author(s) name only; no date

    Author and date included in subsequentparagraphs

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    References Start on a new page; page number in upper right corner

    Title page, centered at top of page

    References

    Double space

    Hanging indent format

    Components of a reference:

    Philbin, M. K., & Evans, J. B. (2006). Standards for the acoustic

    environment of the newborn ICU.Journal of Perinatology, 26,

    S27S30.

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    Appendixes Each Appendix started on a separate page

    Label each page, centered, at top

    Appendix

    Use letters to identify the Appendix if more than one

    Appendix A

    Appendix B

    Label appendix tables to correspond with the appendix

    Table B1

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    Footnotes & Notes

    Author Note

    For blind review the author note should be place on the

    title page

    Separate page, center label Author Note Double spaced

    Content & Copyright Permission Footnotes

    Superscript Arabic numerals in text

    New page, label Footnotes, center

    Type all content of footnotes (do not use the automatic

    function as it may not translate accurately)

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    Tables Numbered consecutively as they appear in text

    Identified by the word Table and an arabic numeral,

    flush left; table title below label

    Table 1

    Participant Comments

    Double space

    Begin each table on a separate page

    Center column heads over column; if a multiple pages

    are necessary repeat column heads

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    Figures and Figure Captions Numbered consecutively as they appear in text

    Identified by the word Figure and an arabic numeral,

    outside of the figure image or on the back

    Be sure to include the manuscript page header outsideof the figure image or on the back

    Indicate the word TOP if orientation is not obvious

    Each figure must have a caption; captions are listed on

    a separate page, placed prior to the figures

    Figure 1. Discography of recorded music

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    Resources

    Publication Manual of the American PsychologicalAssociation. (5th ed.) (2001). Washington, D.C.:

    American Psychological Association.

    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/664/01/

    http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx

    ?doc_id=796

    http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/apagd.php

    APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources available from

    http://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=4210509

    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/664/01/http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx?doc_id=796http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx?doc_id=796http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/apagd.phphttp://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=4210509http://books.apa.org/books.cfm?id=4210509http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/apagd.phphttp://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx?doc_id=796http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.aspx?doc_id=796http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/664/01/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
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    Questions?