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Molly A. Rafter

University of Notre Dame Fremantle

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Discussion..............................................................................................................3

Examples.....................................................................................................................3

Format........................................................................................................................4

Summary:...................................................................................................................5

References.............................................................................................................6

Footnotes...............................................................................................................9

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Overview

American Psychological Association style is primarily used in the social science

disciplines. It is formatted like Modern Language Association (MLA), and shows many

similarities, but is unique in several key points. This paper discusses the APA in detail.

Discussion

APA uses parenthetical (or in-text) citations within sentences, but rather than

indicating the author's name and page number, APA includes author's name and date of

publication. The page number, represented with a p. or a pp., is only added to the citation

when using a direct quote (not a summary or paraphrase). If the author's name is

mentioned in the sentence, then place the date of publication in parentheses directly after

the name. If the name is not mentioned include the author's name and date in parentheses

at the end of the source material. And, if you use a direct quote, place the page number

after the publication date within the parentheses.

Examples

Note the difference between the following three examples:

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150 interviews. However, it has been pointed out that the research was conducted in a

selective, highly biased, way (Strong & Porter, 1998). All of the interviewees have been

called exceptions to the norm (Strong & Porter, 1998, p. 5). Formatting... please wait

Note the first example paraphrases an author that is named in the sentence, the second

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example paraphrases authors that are not named in the sentence, and the third example

provides a direct quote (thus the inclusion of the page numbers) but also does not

identify the authors within the sentence. If the authors were identified within the

sentence in the third example, the authors' names would be followed by the year of

publication and only the page numbers would be in the parentheses at the end of the

quote.

Format

Finally, the bibliographic page in APA style differs from MLA, what APA calls

the Reference page. You will notice a few immediate differences from the MLA Works

Cited format. With APA you include the initial of the author's first name rather than the

complete name, the publication date immediately follows the author's name in

parentheses, and titles of articles are not surrounded with quotation marks. The lists are

still alphabetized by author's last name (or title in the absence of an author) and the first

line is flush left while subsequent lines in the same entry are indented in (approximately

5 spaces or one tab). A good resource to help you with referencing is Notre Dames

referencing guide at http://library.nd.edu.au/referencing/apa#s-lg-box-3040351. There is

also a summary downloadable help document available at:

http://library.nd.edu.au/ld.php?content_id=8053459 In APA Style, you include a

reference list rather than a bibliography with your paper (APA, Bibliography Versus

Reference List, n.d.). A reference list consists of all sources cited in the text of a paper

whereas a bibliography may include resources that were consulted but not cited in the

text as well as an annotated description of each one.

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Summary:

The School of Education, University of Notre Dame Australia, uses the APA 6th

referencing style for all written documents. In addition to in text referencing and the

reference list there are a number of formatting requirements to ensure your essay

complies with APA standards. Get to know the APA 6th.

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