Formatting class assignments -APA (6 th ed.) Duration: 7 min 30 sec. APA: Formatting Class Assignments
Dec 28, 2015
Formatting class assignments -APA (6th ed.)
Duration: 7 min 30 sec.
APA: Formatting Class
Assignments
Ex: Journal articleHow to Cite a Journal Article Retrieved Online
Hanging indentationCiting Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online
Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.
•Hanging indentations
See APA (6th ed.), p. 37
Microsoft Word’s formatting for hanging indentations
• Go to Format.• Select Paragraph.• In Indents and Spacing• Go to the Special section.• Select Hanging.
Author fieldCiting Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online
Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.
Author(s)
See APA manual (6th ed,), p. 184
• Initials, not first names. No title• Ampersand (&), not the word and• Comma before the ampersand.• Space between initials
Year of publication fieldCiting Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online
Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.
Year of publication
See APA manual (6th ed.), p. 185
• Enclosed in parentheses• Period after the parentheses• No month or day if the publication is a journal, not a magazine, newsletter, or newspaper article.
Article title fieldCiting Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online
Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.
Article title
See APA manual (6th ed.), pp. 87, 185
• Only first word in title and subtitle should be be capitalized as well as any proper names.• A period at the end of the title. • Include one spacesafter the period, not two.
Journal title fieldCiting Journal Articles
Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.
See APA manual (6th ed.), p. 186
• Journal title should have all important words capitalized.• It is italicized• The journal title is followed by a comma
Journal title
Publication info
Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.
Volume, issue, and page number(s)
See APA manual (6th ed.), p. 186
• The volume number is italicized• There should be no space between
the volume number and issue number• Enclose issue number in parentheses and follow by a comma• Do not use p. or pp. for journal articles.
Citing Journal Articles
DOI number
Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.76.4.482
Citing Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online:
DOI number
• Preferred: If the database has a Digital Object Identifier that functions as a unique identifier of the content and a link to the content, then use that. • Do not capitalize doi, and do not include a space before or after the colon.• Do not put a period at the end of the doi number.
Examples of a DOI
Types of retrieval infoBorman, W. C. (1993). Role of early supervisory
experience. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 43-49. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.76.4.482
Borman, W. C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 43-49. Retrieved from http://www.jap.org/index/
Borman, W. C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 43-49. Retrieved from http://ojs.swin.edu.au /index.php/ejap/article/view/71/100
DOI available
Exact URL for open access journal
From a subscription database with no DOI, use journal home page URL.
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