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APA Formatting Guide for Research Papers

This document provides a quick guide to formatting a research paper using APA style. It outlines the key elements of an APA formatted paper such as the title page, main body, and reference page. The title page should include a running head for all pages except the first. The main body should have citations in-text and a reference list at the end. Examples are given for citing different source types like books, journal articles, websites, and multimedia. Additional resources for learning APA style are also listed.

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APA Formatting Guide for Research Papers

This document provides a quick guide to formatting a research paper using APA style. It outlines the key elements of an APA formatted paper such as the title page, main body, and reference page. The title page should include a running head for all pages except the first. The main body should have citations in-text and a reference list at the end. Examples are given for citing different source types like books, journal articles, websites, and multimedia. Additional resources for learning APA style are also listed.

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APA Quick Guide:

Building your research paper

Formatting your Paper


Title Page
Only the title 
page has the
words 
“Running head:”

Others have just
the title 

Main Body

Always remember:
 Even though
programs like Word

have built in
 citations, they only
work as well as you put
information in.
So you need to know
Reference Page how APA works to
make sure the
 Always print
shortcuts
your paper are correct.

single sided

For a step-by-step video of how to set up your research paper,


check out our Training Videos page:
[Link]/library/training-videos
Reference Examples:
In-Text Citations:
When paraphrasing and using the authors name in the sentence, simply add the date .
As illustrated by Dr. Seuss in his book The Sneetches and other stories (1961), the roots of
segregation are arbitrary.
Direct quote containing less than 40 words:
“They kept them away. Never let them come near. And that’s how they treatred them year after
year” (Seuss, 1961, p.7).

Journal Article:
Author last name, First name initial. Middle name initial (year). Title of article. Title of journal,
volume(number), first page-last page.
Berndt, T. J. (2002). Friendship quality and social development. Current Directions in Psychological Science,
11, 7-10

Book:
Author, First name initial. (year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle.
Location: Publisher.
Geisel, T. (1961). The Sneetches and other stories. New York, NY: Random House.

Multimedia:
Producer last name, First name initial. Middle name initial. (Producer). (year). Title of video. [type]. Country
of origin: Studio.
Bender, L. K. (Producer), & Tarantino, Q. J. (Director). (1992). Reservoir Dogs. [motion picture]. United
States: Miramax.

Websites:
Author, A. ( Date of Publication). Title of Document. Retrieved from http:// [Link]
Sea Turtle Restoration Project. (2006). Threats to sea turtles.
Retrieved from [Link]
More information and resources:
 APA’s official website: [Link]

 Purdue’s Online Writing Lab: [Link]/owl

 Ebsco and ProQuest databases have citations already for you

 Stop into the Learning Commons to check out the APA Manual or ask for help

APA Quick Guide:


Building your research paper

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