APAFORMATTINGANDSTYLEGUIDEAPAstylewasdevelopedbytheAmericanPsychologicalAssociationasameansofstandardizingtheresearchpaperformatwithintheirdiscipline.Itcoverseveryaspectofformattingamanuscript..:Oneinchonallsides(top,bottom,left,right):12-pt.TimesNewRomanfont:Double-spacethroughoutthepaper,includingthetitlepage,abstract,bodyofthedocument,references,appendixes,footnotes,tables,andfigures.:Spaceonceaftercommas,colons,andsemicolonswithinsentences.Inserttwospacesafterpunctuationmarksthatendsentences.:Flushleft(creatingunevenrightmargin):5-7spaces:Thepagenumberappearsoneinchfromtherightedgeofthepaperonthefirstlineofeverypage.:Therunningheadisashorttitlethatappearsatthetopofthepagesofapaperorpublishedarticle.Therunningheadistypedflushleftatthetopofallpages.Therunningheadshouldnotexceed50characters,includingpunctuationandspacing.Usingmostwordprocessors,therunningheadandpagenumbercanbeinsertedintoaheader,whichthenautomaticallyappearsonallpages.:Asageneralrule,usetheactivevoiceratherthanthepassivevoice.Forexample,use“Wepredictedthat…”ratherthan“Itwaspredictedthat…”:TitlePage,Abstract,Body,References,Footnotes,Tables,Figures,Appendixesapageofdisplayingdetailedthingsaboutthetitleandauthorandpublisher:TheTitlePageispage1.:Therunningheadistypedflushleft(alluppercase)following“Runninghead:”:Papertitle,author(s),institutionalaffiliation(s),authornote.:Uppercaseandlowercaseletters,centeredonthepage.:Uppercaseandlowercaseletters,centeredonthelinefollowingthetitle.:Uppercaseandlowercaseletters,centeredonthelinefollowingtheauthor(s).:Provideinformationabouttheauthor`sdepartmentalaffiliation,acknowledgmentsofassistanceorfinancialsupport,andamailingaddressforcorrespondence.Theabstractisaone-paragraph,self-containedsummaryofthemostimportantelementsofthepaper.Format:TheabstractbeginsonthelinefollowingtheAbstractheading.Typically,thewordlimitisbetween150and250words.Allnumbersintheabstractshouldbetypedasdigitsratherthanwords.A.thenamesoftheauthorsofasourcearepartoftheformalstructureofthesentence,theyearofpublicationappearsinparenthesesfollowingtheidentificationoftheauthorsEg:WirthandMitchell(1994)foundthat...B.theauthorsofasourcearenotpartoftheformalstructureofthesentence,boththeauthorsandyearofpublicationappearinparenthesesC.asourcethathastwoauthorsiscited,bothauthorsareincludedeverytimethesourceiscitedD.asourcethathasthree,fourorfiveauthorsiscited,allauthorsareincludedthefirsttimethesourceiscited.Eg:Reviewsofresearchonreligionandhealthhaveconcludedthatatleastsometypesofreligiousbehaviorsarerelatedtohigherlevelsofphysicalandmentalhealth(Payne,Bergin,Bielema,&Jenkins,1991).Payneetal.(1991)showedthat…E.Tociteanentirewebsite,givetheaddressofthesiteinthetext.Eg:EricChudler’sexcellentNeuroscienceforKids()isdefinitelynotonlyforkids!A.Aquotationoffewerthan40wordsshouldbeenclosedindoublequotationmarksB.Alengthierquotationof40ormorewordsshouldappear(withoutquotationmarks)apartfromthesurroundingtext,witheachlineindentedfivespacesfromtheleftmarginA.Pagination:TheReferencessectionbeginsonanewpage.B.Heading:“References”(centeredonthefirstlinebelowtherunninghead)Authors:Authorsarelistedinthesameorderasspecifiedinthesource,usingsurnamesandinitials.Commasseparateallauthors.Whenthereareeightormoreauthors,listthefirstsixauthorsfollowedbythreeellipses(…)andthenthefinalauthor.Ifnoauthorisidentified,thetitleofthedocumentbeginsthereference.YearofPublication:SourceReference:Includestitle,journal,volume,pages(forjournalarticle)ortitle,cityofpublication,publisher(forbook).Italicizetitlesofbooks,titlesofperiodicals,andperiodicalvolumenumbers.ElectronicRetrievalInformation:1.(e.g.journalandmagazinearticles)2.(e.g.books,theses)3.(e.g.websites,personalcommunications)Mrs.Brown:Oh,mydear,Ihavelostmypreciouslittledog!Mrs.Smith:Butyoumustputanadvertisementinthepapers!Mrs.Brown:It'snouse,mylittledogcan'tread.Pagination:EachTablebeginsonaseparatepage.Heading:“Table1″(or2or3,etc.)istypedflushleftonthefirstlinebelowtherunninghead.Double-spaceandtypethetabletitleflushleft(italicizedinuppercaseandlowercaseletters).Twocomponents1、Tablenumber(e.g.Table1)2、TabletitleClearandconcisedescriptionofthetablePaginationFiguresbeginonaseparatepage.FigureCaption:“Figure1.”(or2or3,etc.)istypedflushleftanditalicizedonthefirstlinebelowthefigure,immediatelyfollowedonthesamelinebythecaption(whichshouldbeabriefdescriptivephrase).Pagination:EachAppendixbeginsonaseparatepage..Heading:Ifthereisonlyoneappendix,“Appendix”iscenteredonthefirstlinebelowthemanuscriptpageheader.Ifthereismorethanoneappendix,useAppendixA(orBorC,etc.).Double-spaceandtypetheappendixtitle(centeredinuppercaseandlowercaseletters)..Format:Indentthefirstline5-7spaces.APAisusedinseveraldisciplinesanddiffersfromotherstyleguidesinmanyways.Someofthesedifferencesaresubtle,othersarequitemajor.Studentsaccustomedtowritinginthescienceswillfindmanyoftheformattingissuesquitesimilar.ThisshouldserveasasolidintroductiontoAPAstyle.Formoredetailedinformationandexamples,theAPAstyleguidesar