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The American Psychological Association (APA) is an organisation at the forefront of psychological research in the United States. APA Style is a well-known and commonly adopted referencing system used by students, academics, and professionals across the globe.<\/p>\n
APA Style provides a standardised method for referencing primary and secondary material in your academic work. This makes it easier for a reader to find and retrieve your cited material, while lending credibility to your own writing.<\/p>\n
APA Style is the go-to referencing system for most scientific courses, so you\u2019re likely to come across it if you\u00a0enter the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, geology, and botany, amongst many others.<\/p>\n
A Simple Overview <\/strong><\/p>\n APA Style is a\u00a0parenthetical referencing system<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0that has two main features: in-text citations and a reference list. The in-text citation should correspond with the full-length entry in the reference list.<\/p>\n Students must include both\u00a0in-text citations<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a0reference list<\/a> to meet APA academic standards.<\/p>\n In-text citations appear in the main body of your essay. With all in-text citations you must include the author\u2019s surname, the text\u2019s publication date, and, if citing a direct quotation, the page number(s) of the quotation.<\/p>\n If you are citing an idea expressed in a source, place the author\u2019s surname and year of publication, separated by a comma, in parenthesis.<\/p>\n In Discourse on Method<\/em> Descartes invented analytic geometry\u00a0(Descartes, 1637)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n If you are quoting directly from the source, include the page number(s):<\/p>\n \u201cI think therefore I am\u201d (Descartes, 1637, p. 22)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Use the abbreviation \u201cp.\u201d when citing a single page and \u201cpp.\u201d for multiple pages:<\/p>\n \u201cI think therefore I am\u201d (Descartes, 1637, pp. 99-100)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For sources with no page numbers, include the paragraph number:<\/p>\n \u201cI think therefore I am\u201d (Descartes, 1637, para. 4)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n An in-text citation should correspond with a fuller entry in the\u2026<\/p>\n Reference list<\/strong><\/p>\n A reference list enables readers to retrieve any of the sources cited in your work. This list should be arranged alphabetically and located at the end of the essay.<\/p>\n Title page The APA Style manual offers guidance on how you should design your title page \u2013 the first page of your assignment.<\/p>\n To create a title page in accordance with APA Style, ensure that you have included:<\/p>\n Here are a few tips and tricks to help you ace your title page:<\/p>\nIn-text citations<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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