LU APA ppt

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APAOriginally Created By Diana Haddad

Updated By Heather Spear

Graduate Writing Center

Liberty University


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Essential Parts of an APA Paper

Cover Page

Abstract

Body Appendix (if needed)

References


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Cover Page

Make sure your cover page includes:

Running head

Full title Byline / Name

Institution


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Cover Page

Running headALL CAPS (upper left-

hand corner).

Full title of the paper, authors name

(byline), and institutional affiliation

(center upper half of the page).


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Byline

Full Title

Page Number

Running head

Your Institution

Your Name


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Abstract

150-250-word comprehensive summary of yourpaper in block paragraph form.

allows readers to quickly survey the content of yourpaper.

dense with information, well-organized, brief,specific, and self-contained.

double spaced, 12 point font like the rest of thepaper.

New Times Roman or Courier text type.

not an introduction to the paper. does not contain citations.


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HeadingPage Number

150-250 Word

Comprehensive

Summary


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Body

Make sure you adhere to proper

APA Format in:

Headings Citations


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Headings

The various levels of headings establish thehierarchy of sections in your paper.

Topics of equal importance have the samelevel of heading throughout the paper.

Avoid having only one subsection within asection.

You will find two different examples ofheadings and subheadings on slides 13 & 14

that will help you get a clearer picture of thelevels of headings.


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Headings

Level 1Centered, Boldface, Uppercaseand Lowercase Heading

Level 2Flush Left, Boldface, Uppercaseand Lowercase Heading

Level 3Indented, boldface, lowercaseparagraph heading ending with a period.

Level 4Indented, boldface, italicized,lowercase paragraph heading ending with a

period. Level 5Indented, italicized, lowercase

paragraph heading ending with a period.


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Centered, Boldface,

Uppercase and

Lowercase Heading

(Level 1)

Flush Left, Boldface,

Uppercase and Lowercase

Heading (Level 2)

Indented, boldface, lowercase

paragraph heading ending with a

period. (Level 3)

Indented, bo ldface, ital ic ized,

lowercase paragraph heading

ending with a period. (Level 4)

Indented, italicized, lowercase

paragraph heading ending with a

period. (Level 5)


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Level 5Indented, italicized, lowercase

paragraph heading ending with a period.

Level 1Centered,

Boldface, Uppercase

and Lowercase

Heading

Level 2Flush Left,

Boldface, Uppercase and

Lowercase Heading

Level 3

Indented, boldface,lowercase paragraph heading

ending with a period.

Level 4Indented,

bold face, i tal icized,

lowercase paragraphheading ending w i th

a period.


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Citations

Whether paraphrasing or quoting anauthor directly, you must credit thesource.

For a direct quote, give the author,year, and page number in parentheses.

When paraphrasing or using your ownwords to refer to an idea contained in

another work, provide the author andyear within parentheses. You are notrequired to provide a page number.


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Quotations

Direct QuoteQuotations of fewer than

40 words are incorporated into the text,

enclosed within double quotation marks

and properly cited.

Block QuoteQuotations of 40 words

or more are displayed in a double-

spaced block paragraph with propercitation and no quotations marks.


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Direct Quote

Block Quote

In-text citation

of a paraphrase


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publisher as author

entry in an encyclopedia

journal article,

one author

report from private organization

available on organization website

Journal article,

two authors

editors

Journal article, three to six authors

Bible

Article or chapter in an edited book

Stand-alone document, no author

identified, no date


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Non-periodical internet source

Newspaper cite

Book cite

Book, revised edition

Doctoral Dissertation

A database search engine

Dictionary in volumes & editions

Journal article, more than six authors

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