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APA Major Changes: 6th to 7th Edition
APA Quick Reference Guide
7th edition has separate formats for professional papers and student papers. will use the format for student papers for all assignments .
| APA Changes | 6th Edition | 7Th Edition |
| Header | Required running head (on first page), title in all caps & page number
Ex. Running head: TITLE OF PAPER 1 |
Only requires a page number (right justified)
Ex. 1 |
| Title Page
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Center and double-space the following information:
Title of Paper Student Name University Name
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Center, double-space the following information:
Title of Paper (centered in bold – extra space to separate title from remaining information) Student Name University Name Course Code: Course Title Professor’s Name Assignment Due Date
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| Title | Add title at top of first page, title case
Title of Your Paper Text begins here…. |
Add title at top of first page, bold, title case
Title of Your Paper Text begins here… |
| Fonts | Sans serif fonts, primarily Times New Roman | More flexible; still recommends sans serif/serif fonts (11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, 10-point Lucida/12-point Times New Roman, or 11-point Georgia)
Any readable font is permissible |
| Abstracts
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The word count ranges between 150 – 250 words depending on type of paper. | No abstracts unless instructor assigns.
No changes from 6th Edition |
| Headings
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Centered, Bold, Title Case Heading 2 Flush Left, Bold, Title Case Heading 3 Indented, bold, lowercase paragraph heading, ending with a period. 4 Indented, bold, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading, ending with a period. 5 Indented, italicized, lowercase paragraph heading ending with a period. See the following |
Note changes in levels 3-5.
1 Centered, Bold, Title Case Heading 2 Flush Left, Bold, Title Case Heading 3 Flush Left, Bold, Italicized, Title Case Heading 4 Indented, Bold, Title Case Heading, Ending with a Period. 5 Indented, Bold, Italicized, Title Case Heading, Ending with a Period.
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| Writing Style and Grammar | Singular “they” not endorsed
(Ex. “A person should enjoy his or her work”). |
The singular “they” is now endorsed
(Ex. “A person should enjoy their work”). |
| Line spacing | Space twice after punctuation marks at the end of a sentence. Space once after commas, colons, and semicolons. | Space once after a punctuation mark at the end of a sentence.
*Paper is still double-spaced |
| In-text usage of italics v. quotation marks for special words | Italics are acceptable for emphasis if it would otherwise be lost. | Italics are still acceptable for emphasis, but quotation marks can be used instead of italics for further emphasis of special words. |
| Tables & Figures | No color used | Color is now acceptable
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| In-text citation | 1 author: (Jameson, 2017)
2 authors: (Craig & Robinson, 2018) 3-5 authors: (Salas, Smith, Jones, Markson, & Caesar, 2016) |
1 author: (Jameson, 2017)
2 authors: (Craig & Robinson, 2018) 3 authors or more: (Salas et al., 2016) *to avoid ambiguity, more than one author’s name may need to be cited: (Kapoor, Bloom, Montez, et al., 2019) (Kapoor, Bloom, Zucker, et al., 2019)
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| In-text citation without pagination for direct quotes
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For electronic sources that do not provide page numbers use the paragraph number
Ex: (Smith, 2007, para. 5). |
Now, any of the following may be used:
Heading/section name (Delany & Markson, 2015, Servant leadership section) Shortened heading/section name (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016, “Options for Treatment” section) * In this example, the full title was: Options for Treatment with Patients of Kidney Disease Paragraph number (McKinney, 2019, para. 3) Heading/section plus paragraph number (Danon, 2017, Teaching Techniques section, para. 4).
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| Reference List
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More than 7 authors: ellipsis is used.
Hyperlinks removed. Ex. https://nytimes.com.123356j34 DOIs could be represented solely by a number: Ex. – doi:1237345230482309 City and state required with publisher Ex: Boston, MA: Routledge. No DOI needed for physical copies of articles/books Example of authored book with available DOI: Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Write: Retrieved from before URL link Ex. Retrieved from https://newsroom.23893459 No retrieval dates needed |
Now up to 20 authors can be included in the reference entry before ellipsis are used.
Hyperlinks are embedded (generally blue and underlined) DOIs will now be presented with the URL: Ex. – https://doi.xxxxxxx City and state are no longer needed with publishers Ex.: Routledge. If DOI is available, include DOI with physical copies of resources Example of authored book with available DOI: Brown, L. S. (2018). Feminist therapy (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.00000092-000 No longer need to state: Retrieved from Ex. Provide retrieval dates only when an online source is designed to change.
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| URLs
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When using URLS, give the exact URL for the source you are citing. | If the URL requires a login, provide the URL of the home page.
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Adapted from: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1037/0000165-000
