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Writing a Paper Using the APA Style :Writing a Paper Using the APA Style
Slide 2:APA is the most commonly used format for manuscripts in the Social Sciences American Psychological Association
The publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed., 2010) is cited in these tutorials. What is APA?
Slide 3:The Learning Objects for the APA Format & Style are broken into three sections:
1 – General Document Guidelines
2 – Page Structure
3 – Text Citations APA STYLE
: SECTION 1 The basic requirements of an APA paper (research, essay, etc.) will be explained in Section 1.
: SECTION 2 Will cover the Page Structure of an APA paper. Title, Abstract, Body, and References
: SECTION 3 Text Citations – the real FUN part of an APA paper. How to properly cite what references you used for your paper.
: TO BE CONTINUED… Go on to Section 1 to find out how to set up your paper the APA style