Ana Mara Garca

What is APA?

Founder

Granville Stanley Hall

1892

Location

Washington, DC

Why use APA?

Sources

Credibility

Organized

Plagiarism

What field is APA used?

Anthropology
Education
communication
Business
Political science
Other social sciences

Mayor Paper Sections

Title Page
contains

A running head with

paper
Page number

Title of the

Authors name
affiliation

Institutional

Example
Running Head: UNITED STATES RESEARCH PAPER
1

1 margins all sides

All text is
double spaced

United States History Research

John P. Student
Address High School

Title information
Paper Is centered

Abstract
contains
Running title

The purpose of the

words
paper

a precise summary
of your paper

It is between 150-250

Example
United States Research Paper
2
Note: the abstract
is NOT indented

Note how the header

is different on page 2

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to introduce students to the history of a

nation. This
would include the discovery, inhabitation, development of culture, the
foundation
of independence, development of constitution, and the development
of a
The abstract
is double spaced

government.
Keywords: history, government, culture

Main Body
Begin on page 3
Type and center the title of the paper centered, at
the top of the page
Indent the first paragraph
Type the text double-spaced with all sections
following each other without a break
Identify the sources you use in the paper in
parenthesis in-text citations

Example

Citations in text
Name-date format (last name, year)
(Jones,1998)
(Wegener & Petty, 1994)
(kernis, Cornell, Sun, Berry, & Harlow,
1993)
(Harris et al., 2001)

In-text Citation Paraphrasing

Single Author
o According to Jones (1998), APA style is a
difficult citation format to first-time
learners.
APA style is a difficult citation format for
first-time learners (Jones,1998).

In-text Citation Paraphrasing

Multiple authors

o According to Pitt and Jolie (2005), Mr. And

Mrs. Smith is a really good movie that
everybody can enjoy.
Mr. And Mrs. Smith is a really good movie
that everybody can enjoy (Pitt & Jolie,
2005).
Abraham et al. (2008) stated that

In-text Citation Direct

Quote

Include page number

o According to Jones (1998), Students often

had difficulty using APA style, especially
when it was their first time (p.199).
Based on research, she found that
students often had difficulty using APA
style especially when it was their first
time (Jones, 1998, p. 199).

In-text Citation
Titles of books and reports are italicized
or underlined
Titles of articles and chapter are in
quotation marks
(Using APA, 2001)

Reference
Alphabetize

Hanging indent
Double-space

Centered

References
American Psychological Association. (2016). About APA. APA online.
Retrieved April
10, 2016. From http://www.apa.org/about/index.aspx
Getting Started with APA Citation Style UBC Library. Retrieved from
http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/6/6f/Apastyle.pdf