The American Psychological Association
Format (or APA)

APA

The American Psychological Association format (or APA) is a widely used format for writing academic papers, particularly in the field of science.

In general, the APA format follows specific guidelines for margins, font size/type, spacing, text alignment/indentation, running heads/short titles, active voice, citing sources and order of pages and pagination. This is the citation style that you will use for written assignments for this class. Take a look at the reference materials below to help you better understand the requirements of APA citing.

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• Reference Page

• Reference Review Sheet

• Title Page

• Purdue Owl