apa writing stylejuly2011

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APA Writing Style

Nadeena Spice

Ivy Tech Community College


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Professionalism

A higher level of writing skills are

required of college students

To articulate thoughts in an organizedmanner

To enhance communication skills

To portray professionalism


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Plagiarism

Definition:

Stealing words or ideas from someone

else and portraying them as your ownwithout giving credit to the original

source (Encarta World English Dictionary, 2009).


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Plagiarism

Plagiarism can be avoided by citing the

source(s) from which thoughts, ideas,

or quotes have been borrowed.


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Citing Sources

Identification of material in yourwork that came from another source

Provides readers with information for

locating that source, such as:

Information about the author

The title of the work

The name and location of the works publisher

The date of publication The page number(s) of the material borrowed or quoted


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APA Writing Style

Required by the School of Nursingfor written papers

Additional APA Resources: http://www.apastyle.org/electext.html

http://www.apastyle.orgelecmedia.html

http://www.apastyle.org/stylehelper

http://www.referencepointsoftware.com

http://owl.english.purdue.edu

Publication manual of the American PsychologicalAssociation (6th

ed.). (2010). Washington, DC: American Psychological

Association
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Overview

8 x 11 paper size

Double-spaced

12-point font size and type comparable to TimesNew Roman

Pages sequentially numbered in upper right handmargin following page header, beginning with the

Title Page Written in third person

Use one space after punctuation marks(AmericanPsychological Association, 2010).


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Title Page

Horizontally and vertically centered

Title of Paper

Name of author

Name of school Date written

Page Header: First 2 or 3 words of the title of the paper

positioned 5 spaces to the left of the page number


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Composition

Paragraph construction Minimum of three sentences

Covers a single topic, thought, or idea

Indent each new paragraph five spaces

New paragraphs at the bottom of a page need at leasttwo lines, otherwise begin the paragraph on the following

page

Written assignments usually begin with an introductoryparagraph and end with a conclusion paragraph after the

logical progression of discussion on the identified topic.


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Mechanics

Use abbreviations sparingly They should be spelled out the first

time they are used and then identify theabbreviation in parentheses:

Cerebral vascular accident (CVA)

Quotations are used for exact words from anotherperson or written source Use an in-text citation after the quote if less than four

typed lines

Use block quotations for those longer than four lines; alllines indented five spaces from the left margin, double-spaced, and without quotation marks (AmericanPsychological Association, 2010)


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Citations

Use author-date method One author:

.. (Smith, 2009).

Two authors:

..(Jones & Brown, 2008).

Three, four, or five authors: The first time the reference is used:

(Berning, Marks, Fischer & Felding, 2005).

Subsequent citations for the same authors:

.(Berning et al, 2005)

Six or more authors: Use the last name of the first author followed by et al and the

date (American Psychological Association, 2010)


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Reference Page

Center the word Referenceson the first

line one-inch from the top of the page

All references are double-spaced

The first line of each reference begins at the one-inch leftmargin; additional lines should have a hanging indent (5

spaces from the left margin)

List references in alphabetical order by the authors last

name All sources cited in the body of the paper should be listed

on the reference page

All works listed on the reference page should be cited in

the body of the paper (American PsychologicalAssociation, 2010)


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Examples Book

Burns, J. (1978). Leadership.New York, NY: Harper and Row

Journal Barbuto, J. (2005). Motivation and transactional, charismatic, and transformational leadership: a test of antecedents.

Journal

of Leadership and Organizational Studies,11(4), 26-40.

Newspaper Hurricane Edwardo to hit coast of Florida this week after much destruction in Cuba. (2004, September 8). The

Indianapolis Star, p.

A12.

Journal article taken from a website ERIC. (1992). Transformational leadership. ERIC Digest, Number 72. Retrieved from

http://www.ericfacility.net/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed347636.html

Journal article taken from an electronic database Han, Thuzar. (2006). Effectiveness of standard short-course chemotherapy for treating

tuberculosis and the impact of drug resistance on its outcome. International Journal of

Evidence-Based Health, 4, 101-117. Retrieved from CINAHL database.

Internet document Kline, B. & Stewart, T. (n.d.). Interacting with children of cancer patients. Retrieved July 7, 2005 from

http://stiv.gov/articles/cancerpatients/387645_edu.focus.htm


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