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Apa Format Example Title Page

CitinginAPAFormat

Additionalexamples for APA style can befound at thePurdue University Online Writing lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/and NWTC Library Citation Guide

http://nwtc.libguides.com/citations

If you haveany questions, do not hesitate to ask your instructor orthe librarian.

Paper Format

Unlessyour teacher gives you other instructions,thisis howthepaper should beset up:

Double-spaced

1inch margins on allsides

12pt.TimesNew Roman Font

In Text Citations

When you quoteor paraphrasefrom a source, you need givecredit to that source by inserting a citation.

This citation typicallyconsists oftheauthor’sname, year ofpublication,and pagenumber in parentheses.

Example:

The articlegoes on to say that “Peopledon't do derby just for exercisebut usuallybecause it becomes a

part ofwhothey are” (Fagundes,2012, p. 1098).

Long quotes

Quotations longer than 40 words need to beset apart from therest ofthetext.Do not usequotation

marks.Thequoteshould bein a newparagraph and set 1inch from theleft margin (Tabtwice).When the

quoteis complete, put thein-text citation after it theway you woulddo for any other quote.

References Page

This is a separate pageat theend of your paper. Each citation in thetext must belisted on the

Referencespage; each listing ontheReferencespage must appear in thetext.

The titleofthepage shouldbecentered and labeledReferences.

Alltext is double-spaced, just like therest ofthepaper.

Indent thesecond andsubsequent linesofcitationsby 0.5inchtocreate a hanging indent.

Examples

Book:

Basic Format -

Author, A. A. (Year of publication).Title of work: Capital letter also for

subtitle. Location:Publisher.

Print BookExample-

Thaler, R. H. (2008).Nudge: Improving decisions about health, wealth, and happiness.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

E-BookExample-

Goodwin, G., & Sachs, G. (2010).Fast facts: Bipolar disorder. Abingdon, Oxford: Health

Press. Retrieved from http://www.ebrary.com

MagazineArticle from OnlineDatabase: Onlinedatabasesincludeonessuch asEBSCO, ProQuest,and Opposing

Viewpointsthatareaccessed through the Library’swebsite.

Basic Format-

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year, Month Day). Title of article.Title of Magazine,

pages.Retrieved from http://url_of_magazine_webpage

Example-

Chandran, R., & Pradhan, B. (2014, May 9). India's women's vote becomes more

independent." Business Week, p. 2. Retrieved from http://www.businessweek.com

Scholarly Journal Articlefrom OnlineDatabase: Onlinedatabasesincludeonessuch asEBSCO, ProQuest, and

Opposing Viewpointsthat are accessedthrough theLibrary’swebsite.

Becauseonlinematerials canpotentially change URLs,APA recommends providing a DigitalObject

Identifier(DOI), when it isavailable,instead oftheURL. DOIsprovidestable,long-lasting links for online

articles.Theyareuniqueto their documents and consist ofa long alphanumeric code. Many-but not all-

publishers willprovide an article's DOI on thefirst pageof the document.

Ifyou cannot find a DOI for an article,include thejournalhomepage's URLina Retrievedbystatement.

Basic Format-

Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article.Title of

Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. http://dx.doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyyy

Examplewith DOI-

Nguyen, T. T., Gildengorin, G.,& Truong,A. (2007). Factors influencing physicians'

screening behavior for liver canceramong high-risk patients.Journal of General

Internal Medicine, 22(4), 523-6. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-007-0128-1

Examplewith no DOI-

Reich, D. B., Zanarini, M. C., & Fitzmaurice, G. (2012). Affective lability in bipolar

disorder and borderline personality disorder.Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53(3),

230-7. Retrieved from http://www.journals.elsevier.com/comprehensive-psychiatry/

Webpage:

Basic Format fora Pageon a Website-

Ifthereisan author listed:

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. InTitle of book

or larger document (chapter or section number).Retrieved from Big Name Web site:

http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Ifthereisnoauthor, start thecitationwiththetitleofthearticle.

Example-

Rivera, A. (2011). Success stories:Alex. In 2008 physical activity guidelines

for Americans.Retrieved from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web

site: http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/success/alex.html