6th Edition: APA Formatting - The Basics (video)

This vidcast discusses how to format a paper using Microsoft Word according to APA style.


To learn more about APA style, please visit the following resource on the Purdue OWL: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/res...

While this video shows the basics for the 6th edition of APA formatting, it is a basic beginning for your paper layout.  While there may be updates to the APA format, each new edition only has 5-10 changes, and so those variations can easily be modified once you understand the basics of this, the 6th edition.


NOTE: No matter what documentation style you use, you will ALWAYS
include the full URL for any scholarly sources that you find on the Internet
when posting them to your paper in our class.
If you are not in my course, ask your instructor for his/her preference.
Also, see the note below.

What About Recent Changes to the Documentation Style?

Most
instructors will appreciate this habit, as well, no matter what 'recent'
changes have been made to your documentation style's formatting guidelines,
since instructors need to review online sources that you post to your papers,
and so providing the exact link will be appreciated by your instructor.

Will my Instructor Like Seeing the URL?

Furthermore,
you will be less likely to receive a reduction of points from an instructor if
he/she is able to directly go to the source rather than having to search and
then guess as to what site you took your content from.

Purdue OWL: APA Formatting - The Basics