Apa Style Case Study
APA Style 1
A summary of APA Style
I. FORMATTING MANUSCRIPT
1. Margins: Leave at least one inch (2.5 cm) on all sides.
2. Justification: Left-justify the document, leaving the right margin ragged.
3. Typeface: Use a serif typeface such as 10 to 12-point Times New Roman, Palatino, Courier, or VNI-Times
4. Line Spacing: Double-space the entire paper including quotations, reference list, author identification notes, content footnotes, figure captions, and all parts of tables. Long papers may use 1.5 spacing.
5. Page Headers and Page Numbers: A page header consists of the first two or three words of the title and serves as identification in case pages are separated.
Place the page header and the page number in the upper right corner …show more content…
Book, corporate author
- First citation
- Corporate author is not the publisher
APA Style 4
The number of patients with mental disorders is reported increasing
(American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1990).
- Next citation
… Scientists have suggested some solutions to the problem (APA,
1990).
Children 's Express. (1993). Voices from the future: Our children tell us about violence in
America. New York: Crown.
- Corporate author is the publisher
American Psychiatric Association. (1990). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
6. Unknown author
Many reports have been made on the relationship between mental
Caffeine linked to mental illness. (1991, July 13). New York Times, pp. B13, B15.
illnesses and caffeine (“Caffeine Linked,” 1991).
Computers and college writing: Selected college profiles. (1989). City University of New
York: National Project on Computers and College Writing.
One study (“Computers and college”, 1989) examines the differences between programs at various colleges.
7. Book with editor(s)
… (Moen, Elder, & Luscher, 1995)
Moen, P., Elder, G., & Luscher, K. (Eds.) (1995). Examining lives in context: Perspectives
A summary of APA Style
I. FORMATTING MANUSCRIPT
1. Margins: Leave at least one inch (2.5 cm) on all sides.
2. Justification: Left-justify the document, leaving the right margin ragged.
3. Typeface: Use a serif typeface such as 10 to 12-point Times New Roman, Palatino, Courier, or VNI-Times
4. Line Spacing: Double-space the entire paper including quotations, reference list, author identification notes, content footnotes, figure captions, and all parts of tables. Long papers may use 1.5 spacing.
5. Page Headers and Page Numbers: A page header consists of the first two or three words of the title and serves as identification in case pages are separated.
Place the page header and the page number in the upper right corner …show more content…
Book, corporate author
- First citation
- Corporate author is not the publisher
APA Style 4
The number of patients with mental disorders is reported increasing
(American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1990).
- Next citation
… Scientists have suggested some solutions to the problem (APA,
1990).
Children 's Express. (1993). Voices from the future: Our children tell us about violence in
America. New York: Crown.
- Corporate author is the publisher
American Psychiatric Association. (1990). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
6. Unknown author
Many reports have been made on the relationship between mental
Caffeine linked to mental illness. (1991, July 13). New York Times, pp. B13, B15.
illnesses and caffeine (“Caffeine Linked,” 1991).
Computers and college writing: Selected college profiles. (1989). City University of New
York: National Project on Computers and College Writing.
One study (“Computers and college”, 1989) examines the differences between programs at various colleges.
7. Book with editor(s)
… (Moen, Elder, & Luscher, 1995)
Moen, P., Elder, G., & Luscher, K. (Eds.) (1995). Examining lives in context: Perspectives