American psychological association style guide 7th edition

What does an example APA paper look like? 

APA Style offers sample student and professional papers, including a free annotated student sample paper.

How do I make a hanging indent in Word?

1. Highlight the citaiton with your cursor. 

2. Right click. 

3. Select Paragraph.

4. Under Indentation, select Special and Hanging.

American psychological association style guide 7th edition

How can I save time formatting my paper? 

Microsoft Word and Google Docs have a Format Painter tool that will copy and apply basic formatting to any text! 

1. Highlight the formatting you want to apply. 

2. Select Format Painter

3. Highlight the text you want to change. 

Note: If using the Format Painter on the Reference List, you'll need to go back and add italics. 

American psychological association style guide 7th edition

Referencing

Referencingis about acknowledging the ownership of resources used in your academic writing, and provides information necessary to identify and retrieve the work cited in the text.

There are many different referencing styles. At AUT most courses use the APA reference style.
 

What is APA?

APA referencing style is an author-date referencing system published by the American Psychological Association. 

There are two components in the APA referencing style: in-text citations and their corresponding reference list entries. With anything that you have read, used and referred to in your academic writing, you must:

  • acknowledge in text (i.e. in the work / assignment/ essay you are writing)
  • include in your reference list (i.e. the list at the end of your work of all the sources you refer to)
     

Reference management software

You may use a reference software to manage your references. The most popular software are EndNote, Mendeley and Zotero.

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What is the APA format for 7th style?

Journal article.
Author or authors. The surname is followed by first initials..
Year of publication of the article (in round brackets)..
Article title..
Journal title (in italics)..
Volume of journal (in italics)..
Issue of journal (no italics)..
Page range of article..
The first line of each citation is left adjusted..

Is there a 7th edition of the APA manual?

In October 2019, the American Psychological Association (APA) introduced the 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual, which replaces the 6th edition published in 2009.

What is the latest APA style as at 2022?

All SoE UWISTA students from 2022-2023 onward are to use APA Style 7th. ed.

How do you cite a psychological test in APA 7th edition?

To cite a test, scale, or inventory, provide a citation for its supporting literature (e.g., its manual, which may be an authored or edited book, or the journal article in which it was published). The title of a test, scale, or an inventory should be capitalized using title case whenever it appears in a paper.