APA (6th Edition)

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Important Corrections to the first printing of APA 6th Edition Click Here

Overview

• Citing Sources (20-page handout)
• The Basics of APA Style (21 min.) -- produced by APA
• Assignment Formatting (5 min. 45 sec.) -- Title page, formatting of paper, headings, reference page
• Text Citations (11 min.) -- Discussion of text citations, quotations, paraphrasing, and plagiarism
• Article Citation Formatting (4 min. 15 sec.)
• Book Citation Formatting (4 min.)

Videos - How Do I Cite?

Reference Components:
• Authors and Editors (6 min. 45 sec.)
• Date of Publication (4 min. 30 sec.)
• Titles (6 min.)
• Publication Information (1 min. 30 sec.)
• Electronic Sources and Locator Information

Examples:
• Classical Works (1 min. 30 sec.)
• Conference Papers - Unpublished (2 min.)
• Data Sets/Date Files (1 min.)
• Dissertations - Abstracted in Dissertation Abstracts International (6 min. 30 sec.)
• Dissertations - Retrieved from ERIC database (45 sec.)
• Dissertations - Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertation and Thesis database (1 min. 45 sec.)
• Dissertations/Master's Theses - Retrieved online (1 min. 45 sec.)
• ERIC Citations (3 min. 30 sec.) - Examples for both ED and EJ documents
• Lectures (1 min. 15 sec.)
• Magazines/Newsletters (1 min. 15 sec.)
• Newspaper Articles (45 sec.)
• Personal Communications (1 min. 15 sec.)
• Secondary Sources (1 min. 15 sec.)
• Software (1 min. 15 sec.)
• Symposium - Unpublished (1 min. 45 sec.)
• Technical and Research Reports (1 min. 15 sec.)
• Tests and Measurements (2 min.)

Other Resources

• APA Style Website
• APA Sample Paper
• APA Formatting and Style Guide -- Purdue OWL
• DOI Finder
• Endnote