Formatting class assignments -APA (6th ed.)

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APA: Formatting Class

Assignments

Ex: Journal articleHow to Cite a Journal Article Retrieved Online

Hanging indentationCiting Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.

•Hanging indentations

See APA (6th ed.), p. 37

Microsoft Word’s formatting for hanging indentations

• Go to Format.• Select Paragraph.• In Indents and Spacing• Go to the Special section.• Select Hanging.

Author fieldCiting Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.

Author(s)

See APA manual (6th ed,), p. 184

• Initials, not first names. No title• Ampersand (&), not the word and• Comma before the ampersand.• Space between initials

Year of publication fieldCiting Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.

Year of publication

See APA manual (6th ed.), p. 185

• Enclosed in parentheses• Period after the parentheses• No month or day if the publication is a journal, not a magazine, newsletter, or newspaper article.

Article title fieldCiting Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.

Article title

See APA manual (6th ed.), pp. 87, 185

• Only first word in title and subtitle should be be capitalized as well as any proper names.• A period at the end of the title. • Include one spacesafter the period, not two.

Journal title fieldCiting Journal Articles

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.

See APA manual (6th ed.), p. 186

• Journal title should have all important words capitalized.• It is italicized• The journal title is followed by a comma

Journal title

Publication info

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. D. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47.

Volume, issue, and page number(s)

See APA manual (6th ed.), p. 186

• The volume number is italicized• There should be no space between

the volume number and issue number• Enclose issue number in parentheses and follow by a comma• Do not use p. or pp. for journal articles.

Citing Journal Articles

DOI number

Watkins, R., & Schlosser, C. (2000). It’s not about time: A fresh approach to educational equivalency. TechTrend, 24(3), 34-47. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.76.4.482

Citing Journal Articles Retrieved Full Text Online:

DOI number

• Preferred: If the database has a Digital Object Identifier that functions as a unique identifier of the content and a link to the content, then use that. • Do not capitalize doi, and do not include a space before or after the colon.• Do not put a period at the end of the doi number.

Examples of a DOI

Types of retrieval infoBorman, W. C. (1993). Role of early supervisory

experience. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 43-49. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.76.4.482

Borman, W. C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 43-49. Retrieved from http://www.jap.org/index/

Borman, W. C. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 43-49. Retrieved from http://ojs.swin.edu.au /index.php/ejap/article/view/71/100

DOI available

Exact URL for open access journal

From a subscription database with no DOI, use journal home page URL.

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