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About APA Style
About APA Style
APA Style is a set of standards created by the American Psychological Association (APA) for scientific communication that is used primarily by social scientists. These rules and procedures are meant to help make writing and citations clearer and more readable.
Find more information about APA style on our APA Research Guide or email a library at library@fhu.edu for additional help!
APA Quick Facts
APA Quick Facts
APA requires:
1" margins throughout a paper
a running head (abbreviated title at the top of every page)
a list of references at the end of the paper that should detail all of the sources you used in your paper; it should be titled "References"
clear, succinct writing with documented citations
specific formatting for all sources -book, periodical, online, etc.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Examples of an APA Style Paper
Examples of an APA Style Paper
APA is quite different from MLA in regard to in-text citations, so read carefully!
Helpful information on how an APA formatted paper should look.
Basic information on how to format your Reference list.
Citation Guide
Citation Guide
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