APA Formatting for PS 100

Use APA Style for the Title Page, In-Text Citations, and the Reference List

Mouse over the examples and click the highlighted sections for further explanation.

 

    TITLE PAGE

Parts of the Title Page (click on the numbered line for further information)

  1. Header and page number in the upper right-hand corner
    1. In MS Word, go to View>Header and Footer
    2. Select right justification
    3. Type one or two words related to your title
    4. Tab
    5. Click the icon for Insert Page Number
    6. Use an Arabic numeral with no period or other symbol
    7. Use the header and page number for all pages, including the reference list
  2. Running head: THREE/FOUR TITLE WORDS on the left margin
    1. Running is capitalized, head is not
    2. Follow Running head with a colon and a single space
    3. Type a shortened version of your title in uppercase letters
  3. Title, Author, Affiliation, and Date are centered on the page and are double spaced
    1. Your title should summarize the focus of your paper
    2. Use your full name
    3. Augustana College is the institution you are affiliated with
    4. Give the date your paper is due

 

In-Text Citations (Body of the Paper)

Short Title   2

  Full Title of Your Paper

      Double space everything, with no extra spaces between paragraphs or sections.

 Always cite the source of your information in proper APA style by giving the

author and the year your source was published (American Psychological

 Association. 2001).  In this example, the author is actually an organization.

     When a source is written by a single author, list only the last name as you see

in this example (Jones, 2003).  Both names are cited every time when there are

two authors (Smith & Brown, 2000).  Notice that you use an ampersand (&)

inside the parentheses, but spell it out when Smith and Brown (2000) are

part of the sentence.

      If an article is written by three or more authors, identify all authors the first

time (Jones, Smith, & Brown, 1999).  After the first time, though, just give the

first author followed by the Latin abbreviation "et al." (Jones et al., 1999).

There is no comma before et al.

 

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     You should also give a citation if you write about information presented

 in class.  The format for this is a little different (J. Q. Teacher, personal

communication, November 3, 2004).  Use the words personal communication,

not lecture, and separate the initials with a space.

      Cite your source at the first point in the paragraph that you use it.  It is

assumed that everything that follows comes from the same source unless you

cite a different one.  The information is more important than the authors, so keep

the source in the background (usually in parentheses).  The title of the article,

is in the reference list and doesn't need to be included here.

      A paragraph should have a minimum of two lines at the end and the

beginning of the page.  You can take care of this automatically by going to

Format>Paragraph>Line and Page Breaks and checking the box for

Widow/Orphan Control.

 In-Text Citations and Body of the Paper (click on the numbered line for further explanation)

  1. Continue the header and page number throughout the paper
  2. Repeat the title at the beginning of the paper
    1. Start the title on the first line (1" from the top of the paper)
    2. Double space if your title has more than one line
    3. Use only a double space between the title and the first line of the paper
  3. You must cite the source for all information that is not common knowledge
  4. Cite books and articles by giving the last name(s) of the author(s) and the year of publication
  5. One author:  (Jones, 2003) or Jones (2003) if you use the author's name in the sentence
  6. Two authors:
    1. Give both authors' names every time you cite that source
    2. List the names in the same order that they appear in the source
    3. If your entire citation is in parentheses, separate the names with and ampersand; e.g., (Smith & Brown, 2000)
    4. If you identify the authors in the sentence, spell out and and give the date in parentheses immediately after; e.g., Smith and Brown (2000) concluded that...
  7. Three or more authors:
    1. List all names (in the order they appear in the source) in the first citation; e.g., (Jones, Smith, & Brown, 1999)
    2. After the first citation, give the first author's name followed by et al. (not in italics); e.g., (Jones et al., 1999)
    3. No comma after the author's name
    4. No period after et, but a period after al.
  8. Information from class:
    1. The initials and last name of the person you heard (put a space between the initials)
    2. The words personal communication
    3. The date you heard the information
    4. Examples:  (J. Q. Teacher, personal communication, November 3, 2004); According to J. Q. Teacher (personal communication, November 3, 2004), this is how you do it.
  9. Quotations in the text
    1. She stated, “…………..” (Baumrind, 1964, p. 5).
    2. Baumrind (1964) stated that, “………….” (p. 5).
  10. Citations form sources not read (generally to be avoided)
    1. List only the primary source in the reference list (i.e., the one you actually read)
    2. In the text the citation from is to cite the source for the original source (even though you didn’t read it) in the following manner:

Smith in his study said, “………” (as cited in Baumrind, 1964, p. 5). Or

Smith conducted a study where he manipulated both variables (as cited in Baumrind, 1964).

 

Reference List

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References

Baumrind, D. (1964) Some thoughts on ethics of research: After reading Milgram’s “Behavioral study of obedience,” American Psychologist, 19.

     Retrieved form http://offcampus.augustana.edu/academic/psychology/McCallum/PS100%20Readings/milgramstanley.PDF

Borman, W. C., Hanson, M. A., Oppler, S. H., Pulakos, E. D., & White, L.

      A. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance.

      Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. Retrieved October 23, 2004,

      from PsycARTICLES database.

Bowman, W. C., & Oppler, S. H. (1992). Personality characteristics of good

      supervisors. Organizational Psychology, 23(2), 732-740.

O'Brien, S. F., & Bierman, K. L. (1988). Conceptions and perceived influence

      of peer groups: Interviews with preadolescents and adolescents. Child

      Development, 39, 1360-1365.

Thompson, P. D. (2004). Introduction to psychology: A discovery approach

       (3rd ed.). New York: Wiley.

    

Reference List (click on the numbered line for further information)

  1. Start the reference list on a new page
  2. Center the heading References (without italics) on the top line
  3. Double space everything
  4. List all primary sources cited in your paper
    1. Use a hanging indent for each source (in MS Word, go to Format>Paragraph>Indents and Spacing>Special>Hanging)
    2. Do not list information from class (personal communication)
  5. Alphabetize the sources by the name of the first author
  6. Additional information about the order of sources
    1. Two sources written by the same author are listed chronologically (e.g., 2000 before 2002)
    2. A single author is listed before the same author and others (e.g., Brown before Brown & Smith)
    3. If two sources have the same first author but different second authors, alphabetize by the second author (e.g., Brown & Smith before Brown & Thomas)
  7. Additional information about the author section:
    1. List multiple authors in the same order as they appear in the article
    2. Put last names first for all authors
    3. Use only initials for first and middle names
    4. Separate initials with a space
    5. Separate authors' names with a comma
    6. Use an ampersand (&) before the last author
  8. Give the year of publication in parentheses and end with a period
  9. Book and article titles:
    1. Capitalize only the first word, proper nouns, and the first word after a colon
    2. End the title with a period
    3. Book titles (but not chapter or article titles) should be in italics
  10. Journal information:
    1. Capitalize and punctuate journal titles as they appear in the journal or article
    2. Put journal titles in italics, followed by a comma and the volume number (also in italics)
    3. If you include the issue number, type it in parentheses without a space after the volume number.
    4. The issue number is not in italics and is followed by a colon
    5. Give the page range for the article
  11. Include your full-text source if your article came from an online database (this section does not apply to information taken from hardcopy books or journals, or articles received through interlibrary loan)
    1. Give the date you retrieved the article using the following format:  Retrieved Month XX, 200X,
    2. Identify the database the article came from (this is usually found at the top of the article if it came in HTML format)
    3. Example:  Retrieved November 12, 2004, from PerAbs_FT database.
  12. Books use the same format as articles for authors, year of publication, and title.  At the end, give the city where the book was published, followed by a colon and the name of the publisher
    1. Show the edition of the book in parentheses (no italics) after the title - e.g., (4th ed.)
    2.  For well-known cities (e.g., New York, Chicago, London), do not include the state or country
    3. For more obscure cities, follow the city name with the 2-letter state abbreviation (e.g., Bloomington, IL or Fort Wayne, IN)
    4. Use a short form of the publisher's name (e.g., Wiley instead of John Wiley and Sons)