The 7th edition of the APA Manual is available on the reserve shelf in the library.
APA 7th Edition
Formatting tips (7th ed)
- No running head is required
- Every page has a page number in the header, top right corner
- Cover page has title of paper in bold, capitalize all major words, no word limit
- Title, author name, university, course name and number, instructor name, assignment due date positioned in the upper-middle of the page.
- One blank double-spaced line under title
- Use same font size for everything in the document
- Entire document is double spaced
- Permitted fonts: Times New Roman-12 pt; Georgia-11 pt; Calibri-11 pt; Arial-11 pt; Lucida Sans—10 pt
- One inch margins
- One space after a period
- Use ‘et al.’ for 3 or more authors (exception—include as many authors as needed to distinguish between sources with the same first author)
- If a quotation is more than 40 words, use a block quote format
- Cite the specific page number of direct quotes in text
- If no page numbers are available, you can include the paragraph number in text (Mayo Clinic, n.d., para. 2) or the section header (Mayo Clinic, n.d., Complications section)
- Under Layout->Paragraph->Indents and Spacing. Make sure ‘Don't Add Space Between Paragraphs Of The Same Style’ is checkmarked.
- Source with two authors (note difference in ‘and’ and ‘&’)—
- (Loveless & Grifith, 2014)
- Loveless and Griffith (2014)
A sample paper is on page 61.
Referencing tips (7th ed)
- References should be alphabetical order and double spaced
- Include DOI as hyperlinked URL if available. Do not include a URL or database information for works from academic research databases. Include a URL for ebooks from other websites. Do not put a period after the DOI or URL.
- Capitalize only the first word of the journal article and subtitle
- Same author and same year—use a and b after year (2015a)
- Use hanging indents
- Include up to 20 authors
- Every in text citation should be cited on your reference page and vice versa. Personal communication does not apply to this rule (it requires only an in text citation).
- Do not use ‘retrieved from’
- Leave hyperlinks
- No place of publication needed for books in 7th ed
Links
APA Style.org