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Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................................................. 2

Discussion ...................................................................................................................... 2

Examples ........................................................................................................................ 2

Format ............................................................................................................................ 3

Summary ........................................................................................................................ 4

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Americal American
Psychological Association
Style Sample

Introduction

The American Psychological Association (APA) 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. “Addressing plagiarism has become a major
challenge in education and educating students in referencing correctly with the APA
6th is one way of trying to overcome the problem” (Bretag, 2013; Manar &
Shameem, 2014).

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
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Note the difference between the following three examples:

Terrence (1999) has presented poignant examples from 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).

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

second 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 Dame’s referencing guide at

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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, 2017).

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.

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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References

APA. (2017) Bibliography versus reference list. Retrieved from

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/quick-guide-on-
references.aspx#Bibliography

Strong, R. L., Porter, M. (1998), Grammatical Combinations. In S. Parker & K.

Gibson (Eds.), Language and Literacy (p 540-578) Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.

Terrence, H. S. (2007, November 1). Student Success in Community Colleges. The

West Australian, p. 6-7

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