APA 6th Edition

49 Pages·2011·0.42 MB·English

by  Michelle Post

APA 6th Edition Tutorial
© Michelle Post, Ph.D. (Reviewer)
Version 8 of the Tutorial
First Created April 29, 2010, Last Updated March 28, 2011
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Disclaimer
This APA 6th Edition (3rd printing) tutorial, is only meant to
be an overview of many of the key areas of the APA Style
Manual. It is not to be viewed as an all inclusive tutorial.
The best way to learn APA 6th edition is to buy the book
and use it – a lot.
Dr. Michelle Post
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Summary
What is APA?
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Major Changes in APA 6th – Partial List
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What is Plagiarism?
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What is Self-Plagiarism?
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Direct Quotation versus Paraphrasing
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Definition of Empirical Research
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Recognizing Empirical Research
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Basic Formatting – The Paper
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Page Size
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Margins
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Line Spacing
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Font Type
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Font Size
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Alignment
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Paragraph and Indentation
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Basic Formatting – Headings
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Basic Formatting - Lists
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Basic Formatting – Parentheses
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Mechanics
Hyphenation
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Spacing after a punctuation
 Words Beginning a Sentence
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mark
Major Words in Titles and
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Spacing after a period
 Headings
Period
 Proper Nouns and Trade
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Comma Names
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Semi-colon Use of Italics
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Colon Use of Abbreviations
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Dash Numbers
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Quotation marks
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Double or Single Quotation
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Marks
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Basic Formatting: Tables
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Basic Formatting: Figures
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Basic Formatting: Citations
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Basic Formatting: References
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Basic Formatting: Appendix
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Basic Formatting – Title Page
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Title
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Author’s Name
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Institutional Affiliation
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Author Note
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Running head
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Page Number
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Basic Formatting - Abstract
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Footnotes and Endnotes
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Order of Manuscript
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APA Web Resources
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APA Software
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APA Video Tutorials
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Plagiarism Tools
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Tips on Using Word 2003 or Word 2007
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References
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What is APA?
American Psychological Association
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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
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1929
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Writing Style or ―Standard of Procedure‖
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―The rules of APA Style are drawn from an extensive body of
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psychological literature, from editors and authors experienced
in scholarly writing, and from recognized authorities on
publication practices‖ (American Psychological Association,
2010, p. 3).
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Major Changes in APA 6th – Partial List
Addition of ―self-plagiarism‖ (p. 16)
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Ethical compliance checklist (p. 20)
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Abstract contents described (p. 25)
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Description of introduction content (p. 27)
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Sample papers with key rules of APA style (p. 41)
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Change in Title Page (p. 23, 229)
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Change in Headings (p. 62)
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