EMPOWER - Module 9 - Citing Sources with APA

APA Formatting Overview

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Paper Formatting...

Always Check With Your Professor Before Formatting Your Paper.

 

Required:

• Double-Spaced
• 1 inch Margins
• Top of Every Page - Running Head
  • Includes:
    • Left Side - Your title
      • 50 characters or less
      • All Capital Letters
    • Right Side - Page Numbers

Recommended:

• 12 pt. Times New Roman font

 

 

 

 

References Page Formatting...

 

Author/Editor Names

 

Up to 20 Names

• Last Name, First and Middle Initials
  • i.e. Doe, J.

Over 20 Names

• List First 19 Names Followed by Ellipses, then Final Name
  • i.e. Messner, W. K., next 18 names . . . Steinbach, H. D.

 

Titles

 

Book and Article Titles

• Only Capitalize: First Word of Titles and Subtitles & Proper Nouns
  • i.e. Zombie myths of Australian military history: The 10 myths that will not die

Journal Titles

• Capitalize All Main Words
  • i.e. Australian Military History

Long Works (Books, Journals, Websites)

• Italicize the Title
  • i.e. Australian Military History

Short Works (Articles, Essays, Chapters)

• Do NOT Italicize the Title
  • i.e. Zombie myths of Australian military history: The 10 myths that will not die

 

List Order

List Citations in Alphabetical Order!

 

Two or More Sources Have Same Author

• List Alphabetically then Chronologically by Publication Year

 

Indentation

 

First Line of Citation

• Flush With Left Margin

All Other Lines of Citation

• Indent 1/2 Inch from Left Margin

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