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APA FORMATTING
Entrepreneurship FYS
September 20th, 2012
What is APA formatting?
American Psychological Association Citing sources within the social sciences
General Formatting Rules Double spaced 1-inch margins 12 point font that’s easily readable
(Times New Roman recommended)
Parts of an APA Essay
Title page Abstract Main body References
Title Page
Running header Title, authors name, institutional
affiliation
Running head: flush left
Page number: flush right
Full title
Name
Affiliated institution
Top half of page
Abstract Mainly useful in research papers Should include the page header Center the word “Abstract” on the first
line On the next line, type a short summary
of the key points of your research May include key points, which go on the
line after the abstract Between 150-250 words
Running head: flush left
Page number: flush right
Centered, no other formatting
No indentation
Italicized, indented
Main Body
Include the running header, number the first text page as 3
Type and center the full title of the paper at the top of the page.
Type the text double-spaced with all sections following each other without a break
Identify sources used with parenthetical in-text citations
References Continue the running
header with page number Type and center
“References” on the first line (no bolding, underlining, etc.)
Generally include author, publication year, article title, page #, etc.
LOTS of referencing rules Consult Purdue OWL site or
use trusted online citation generator (Son of Citation Machine)
In-text Citations
Author-date method when indirectly quoting materialExample: Doubt is a common feeling in the
business world (Hsieh, 2010).Or: As Hsieh (2010) alludes to in the book,
doubt is a common feeling in the business world.
In-text Citations Direct short quotes – (Author, date of
publication, and page number).Example: As he put it, "It just goes to show that
you never know when something you perceive as a negative will ultimately turn out to be a good thing" (Hsieh, 2010, p. 214).
Or: As Hsieh (2010) put it, "It just goes to show that you never know when something you perceive as a negative will ultimately turn out to be a good thing" (p. 214).
Short quotes are ≤40 words
In-text Citations Direct long quotes – . (Author, date of publication, and
page number) Long quotes are >40 words
Example: When referring to these obstacles, he wrote:
To an outsider, it may have seemed like a desperate and reckless plan. But in my mind, it wasn't. We had taken Zappos this far, and there was no turning back now. In my heart, I knew it was the right thing to do. I believed in Zappos. (Hsieh, 2010, p. 103)
In-text Citations Or: When referring to these obstacles, Hsieh
(2010) wrote:
To an outsider, it may have seemed like a desperate and reckless plan. But in my mind, it wasn't. We had taken Zappos this far, and there was no turning back now. In my heart, I knew it was the right thing to do. I believed in Zappos. (p. 103)
In-text Citations 2 authors: (Wegener
& Petty, 1994). 3-5 authors:
1st time: (Kernis, Cornell, Sun, Berry, & Harlow, 1993).
Subsequently: (Kernis et al., 1993).
6 or more authors: (Harris et al., 2001) or Harris et al. (2001) argued...
Unknown author: (“Title,” date).
Other special cases: consult the Purdue OWL site
References Angeli, E., Wagner, J., Lawrick, E., Moore, K., Anderson, M.,
Soderlund, L., & Brizee, A. (2010, May 5). General format. Retrieved from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/ resource/560/01/
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