APA (American Psychological Association) style is a set of guidelines for citing sources of information used in a project or paper.
A citation points to the work of other people or organizations used within your assignment.
Each source is cited:
Every source must be cited in both places.
APA paper = Title page + Text of paper + References
The purpose of any citation style is to make all the citations appear in the same format for readability and consistency.
Within papers and presentations, citations:
"Whether paraphrasing, quoting an author directly, or describing an idea that influenced your work, you must credit the source. To avoid charges of plagiarism, take careful notes as you research to keep track of your sources and cite these sources according to the guidelines . . ." (APA, 2010, p. 170)
Use the resources below to help identify and avoid plagiarism.
Make sure each citation has a hanging indent.
The top line of each citation should be further to the left than the lines below.
In Microsoft Word 2013, highlight your list of citations and click CTRL + T.
Capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle, along with all proper nouns.
Capitalize and italicize all major words and words of four letters or more.
E.g. Journal of the American Medical Association
In-text citations give credit within sentences and paragraphs inside your paper. The citations identify what information you are quoting and paraphrasing and where you found that information.
Include the last name of the author(s) and year of publication.
Add the page or paragraph number(s) for direct quotations and paraphrases.
Smith states . . . (2001).
Solomon and Smith (2010) reveal . . . (p. 425).
A study in 2010. . . (Solomon & Smith, p. 425).
Only information not already contained in your sentence is necessary in the parenthetical reference.
When using the exact words from a source or paraphrasing, add the page number(s) or, if there are no page numbers, add the paragraph number(s).
One page - As explained by Brown (2015), "..." (p. 202).
Two or more pages - (Jones, 2015, pp. 202-210)
No pages? Count paragraphs - (Brown, 2014, para. 3)
Within the paper, capitalize:
Capitalize and italicize titles of journals, magazines, and newspapers.
E.g. The New York Times, Journal of American Culture
Do not capitalize:
To cite a source within another source, add "as cited in" and list the original author(s) and date.
E.g. Taylor (as cited in Smith, 2015) argued . . .
Smith (2015) would be the reference to include on your reference page.