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One More Set of APA Guidelines (Losey)
Literature Review and APA Style Writing
· Several authors used in introduction
· Past tense
· IN TEXT CITATIONS
o Author and year citation is include in the sentence - or –
o If author’s name is in the sentence only cite the year
o Last names only (NO FIRST NAMES EVER!!!!)
o Page numbers only on direct quotes
o If same author & same year use lower case a, b, c, . . .
o Multiple authors use & (not the word “and”)
o Semi Colon separates different articles inside the same parentheses
· If 3 or more authors, list all names in the first citation. In subsequent citations list first author and et al
· If the entire paragraph refers to one author, cite only once (at the beginning or end of the paragraph). If in doubt, cite.
· Integration: have more than one source in a paragraph. Two authors made the same conclusions.
· ALL CITATIONS ARE INSIDE THE PERIOD!!!!
· Subheadings are the effective way to organize your paper (Center, No Bold).
· Indent every paragraph and double space everything (except quotes over five lines).
· Headers are in the top right corner, short title and page number (with no p) beginning with the title page as page 1.
· This is scientific writing:
o Third person
o No personal pronouns (NO he, she, we, they, I, me, us)
o No gender identification
o IF YOU FEEL LIKE EXPRESSING YOUR OPINION – DON’T
o Short paragraphs (3-7 sentences)
· Verbs are always past tense
o Reported, concluded, found, argued, measured, revealed, described, proposed, indicated, focused
· There is no: firstly, secondly, thirdly, lastly, etc….
o It is first, second, third, last
· Adverbial introductory phrases (and prepositional phrases) help the reader and always have a comma. E.g. “During the first year of the study, …
· REFERENCE PAGE
o Center the word “References” at the top of the page.
o No first names
o Last name, first initial. (year). Article title, Journal (italics), year/vol page numbers
§ IN ARTICLE TITLES ONLY THE FIRST WORD IN CAPITALIZED, AND WORD FOLLOWING A COLON (do capitalize Proper nouns).
§ Use the & before the last author, not the word “and”
o Alphabetical by Author’s last name.
o All lines are double-spaced.
o Indent as prescribed.
· Quotes
o “As long as we continue our attempts to coerce and control the people who are important to us through punishments and rewards, we will fail to make progress in improved human relationships” (Losey, 2002, p. 11).
o Losey stated, “As long as we continue our attempts to coerce and control the people who are important to us through punishments and rewards, we will fail to make progress in improved human relationships” (2002, p. 11).
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If in doubt, use the Prentice-Hall Grammar Book as the final authority.
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