APA Format (6th ed.) for Academic Papers and Essays ...

A complete guide to APA format (6th edition) for academic papers and essays. Including clear examples and an APA format template for Word. Havealanguageexpertimproveyourwriting Proofreading&Editing Checkyourpaperforplagiarismin10minutes Dothecheck GenerateyourAPAcitationsforfree! APACitationGenerator Home KnowledgeBase APAStyle6thedition APAformatforacademicpapers(6thedition) APA6theditionAPA7theditionCitationQuickguideIn-textcitationPaperformatQuickguideRunningheadTitlepageAbstractTableofcontentsReferencepageHeadingsTablesandfiguresCitationexamplesBookJournalarticleWebsiteNewspaperarticleMovieYouTubevideoDictionaryentry Interestingtopics Researchpaper Researchbias Collegeessay APAStyle6thedition Applyingtograduateschool Statistics ChicagoStyle Languagerules Methodology MLAStyle Academicwriting Startingtheresearchprocess Dissertation Essay Tips APAStyle7thedition APAcitationexamples Citingsources Plagiarism Havealanguageexpertimproveyourwriting Proofreading&Editing Checkyourpaperforplagiarismin10minutes Dothecheck GenerateyourAPAcitationsforfree! APACitationGenerator APAFormat(6thed.)forAcademicPapersandEssays[Template] Publishedon November6,2020 by RaimoStreefkerk. ThisarticlereflectstheAPA6theditionguidelines.ClickhereforAPA7theditionguidelines. InadditiontoguidelinesforAPAcitations,thereareformatguidelinesforacademicpapersandessays.They’rewidelyusedbyprofessionals,researchersandstudents. 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DownloadAPAFormatTemplate(.docx) Runninghead Intheheaderofeachpageyouincludethepapertitleandpagenumber.Ifyourpapertitleislongerthan50charactersyoushoulduseashortenedversionasrunninghead.Thepagenumbershouldbepositionedinthetopright-handcorner.OnthetitlepagetheAPArunningheadisprecededbythewords“Runninghead:”. APArunninghead:titlepage APArunninghead:subsequentpages Whatisyourplagiarismscore? Compareyourpaperwithover60billionwebpagesand30millionpublications. Bestplagiarismcheckerof2021 Plagiarismreport&percentage Largestplagiarismdatabase ScribbrPlagiarismChecker Headings Throughoutyourpaperyouusedifferentheadinglevels.Thelevelsrangingfromonetofivehelpstructurethedocument.Majorheadings,orheading1,areusedforthetitlesofchapterssuchas“Methods”or“Results”.Headinglevelstwotofiveareusedforsubheadings.Eachheadinglevelisformatteddifferently.ThesearetheAPAheadingguidelines: Headinglevel APAformat Heading1 Centered,Bold,TitleCaseCapitalization Heading2 Left-Aligned,Bold,TitleCaseCapitalization Heading3    Indented,bold,Sentencecasecapitalization,afinalperiod.Thebodytextbeginsimmediatelyaftertheperiod. Heading4    Indented,bold,italics,sentencecasecapitalization,afinalperiod.Thebodytextbeginsimmediatelyaftertheperiod. Heading5    Indented,italics,sentencecasecapitalization,afinalperiod.Thebodytextbeginsimmediatelyafterthepoint. Titlecasecapitalization:Capitalizethefirst,last,andprincipalwords. Sentencecasecapitalization:Capitalizeonlythefirstwordandanypropernouns. NotethatyouarenotrequiredtoincludeatableofcontentsinAPAstyle,butifyoudochoosetoincludeone,allheadingsshouldbeformattedasplaintext,withanadditionalindentforeachlevel. Titlepage TheAPAtitlepage,alsocalledcoverpage,isthefirstpageofyourpaper.Theregularformattingguidelinesregardingfontandmarginsapply.Inaddition,anAPAformattedtitlepagecontains: Runningheadincludingpagenumber Fullpapertitle(intitlecase) Authorname(s),withouttitlesanddegrees Institutionalaffiliation Note:APAstylehasspecificguidelinesforincludingmorethanoneauthororinstitutionalaffiliationonthetitlepage. Abstract AnAPAabstractisaoneparagraph(±250words)summaryofyourpaper.Itintroducestheobjectiveorproblemstatementofthepaperandincludesinformationonthemethod,researchresults,andconclusionsofyourresearch.Inaseparatearticleweexplainin-depthhowtowriteanabstract. AlthoughmostregularAPAformattingguidelinesapply,theabstractpagealsohasspecificrequirements.Theabstractstartswithacenteredheading“Abstract”.IncontrasttoregularAPAheadings,nostylingisapplied.Thefirstlineoftheparagraphis,unlikeregularparagraphs,notindented. Attheendoftheabstract,keywordsrelevanttotheresearchareincluded.Thesekeywordsimprovethefindabilityofyourpaperindatabases.Indentthelinewithkeywordsandstartwiththeitalicizedword“Keyword:”,followedbythekeywords. Referencepage TheAPAreferencepage,alsocalledreferencelist,iswhereallsourcesthatarecitedinthetextarelisted.Thecitationsdiffersforeachsourcetype.AsidefromthereferencesitselfthereferencepageasawholealsohasspecificAPAformattingguidelines. TheAPAreferencepageexamplebelowhighlightsthoseguidelinesregardingpagemargins,hangingindentandthereferencepagetitle“References”.Furthermore,thereferencelistissortedalphabetically.YoucaneasilycreateAPAreferenceswithScribbr’sfreeAPACitationGenerator. 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TomakethingseasierScribbrcreatedthefreeAPACitationGeneratorthatciteseverysourceperfectly.JustentertheURL,journalDOIorbookISBNandboththein-textcitationandfullreferencearegenerated. Inaddition,Scribbrhasin-depthAPAcitationexamplesforeverysourcetyperangingfromjournalarticlesandbookstoYouTubevideosandtweets. SettinguptheAPAformat ThisvideowilldemonstratehowtosetuptheAPAformatinGoogleDocs. Isthisarticlehelpful? 295 58 13 Youhavealreadyvoted.Thanks:-) Yourvoteissaved:-) Processingyourvote... RaimoStreefkerk Raimoisanexpertinexplainingplagiarismandcitingsources.Hehasbeenwritinghelpfularticlessince2017andiscontinuouslyimprovingScribbr'sCitationGenerators. Scribbr'sprofessionaleditorscanhelp! Learnmore Trustpilotscoreof4.9 13comments AzeemAnjum April17,2021at10:06PM Heyquickquestion,whendoIusedifferentheadingsandwouldIneedtouseanythingotherthanaleveloneheadingintheintroductionparagraph Reply JackCaulfield(ScribbrTeam) April22,2021at4:55PM HiAzeem, Differentlevelsofheadingarehierarchical;thelevel1headingsarethemainones(e.g."Discussion,""Conclusion"),thelevel2headingsaresubsectionswithinthose,andsoon.Ifyourpaperisfairlysimpleandshort,youmightuseonlylevel1headings,ornoheadingsatall. APArecommendsagainstusingan"Introduction"heading;thefirstparagraphswillalwaysbeassumedtobetheintroduction,soit'sunnecessary.Ifyourintroductionisjustoneparagraph,there'salsodefinitelynoneedforheadingswithinit. Reply Sam April8,2021at10:19PM HowdoIciteinformationfromanarticlethatisacitationitself?Forexample,I'mreadinganarticleandtheinformationIwanttoincludeinmypaperisacitedstatementfromadifferentarticle.DoIcitethearticleI'mreading?Ordoicitetheinitialreferencethattheauthorofthearticlecited? Reply JackCaulfield(ScribbrTeam) April16,2021at3:09PM HiSam, It'sbesttotrytolocatetheoriginalsourceandcitethatdirectly.Butifyoucan'tfindtheoriginalarticle,youcanusethephrase"ascitedin"inyourcitation,asexplainedinthisFAQ. Reply AdedoyinOmidiji March6,2021at6:46PM WhatIsawinyourexamplesofreferencesgotonline,youadded"retrievedfrom"thenthelink.DoIstillneedtowritethedateIaccessthelink?ifyes,wherewillbetheappropriateposition.isitaftertheonlinelink,orbeforetheretrievedlink. Thanks Reply JackCaulfield(ScribbrTeam) March8,2021at4:56PM HiAdedoyin, It'srecommendedtoincludeanaccessdatewithasourcethatislikelytochangeovertime,especiallyifitdoesn'thaveanofficialpublicationdate.Theaccessdateispresentedlikethis:"RetrievedMarch8,2021,fromhttps://www.scribbr.com/apa-style/"CheckthisarticleforafullexampleinAPA6theditionstyle. Reply Missy February25,2021at7:47AM DoIstillneedtoputarunningheadina1000-wordpaper? Reply JackCaulfield(ScribbrTeam) March1,2021at3:12PM HiMissy, In6theditionAPAStyle,theguidelinesstatethatyoushouldindeedincludearunningheadinallpapers,regardlessoflength. Reply SamMonaghan February9,2021at5:25AM CanImakereferencetoanaudiobookorpodcast?Aretheselegitimatereferencesourcesifthey'refromarespectedacademic? Ifso,howdoIreferencethem? Reply JackCaulfield(ScribbrTeam) February9,2021at3:26PM HiSam, Podcastsandaudiobookscancertainlybelegitimatesourcestouseiftheyproviderelevantandreliableinformation.Youcancheckoutourarticleonevaluatingsourcecredibilityifyou'reunsure. TociteanaudiobookinAPA6theditionstyle,youcanadapttheebookformatshownhere;justwrite"Audiobookversion"inthesquarebrackets. Tociteapodcast,youcanusetheformatshownhere;adaptitto6theditionstyle(ifthat'swhatyou'refollowing)byadding"Retrievedfrom"beforetheURL. Reply Amalthea January15,2021at8:20PM IfI'mwritingatwo-paragraphor500-wordpaper,doIneedanabstract?ShouldIincludeanabstractinatwo-threepagepaperevenifmyprofessordidn'tmentionitintheassignmentrubric? Reply ShonaMcCombes(ScribbrTeam) January15,2021at8:37PM HiAmalthea, Forashort500-wordpaper,youdon'tneedanabstract.Ingeneral,anabstractisnotrequiredforstudentpapersunlessyourprofessorasksyoutoincludeone. Hopethathelps! Reply Amalthea January15,2021at8:44PM Thankyou!Thatjustsavedmeatonofstressforthiscomingsemester! Reply Stillhavequestions? Pleaseverifyyouarehuman! Pleaseclickthecheckboxonthelefttoverifythatyouareanotabot. Addcomment ScribbrAPACitationChecker AninnovativenewtoolthatchecksyourAPAcitationswithAIsoftware.Saygoodbyetoinaccuratecitations! Learnmore