THE APA FORMAT

THE APA FORMAT

1. The American Psychological Association created this format to receive documents with the same presentation style.

   • “San Francisco de Quito University” has created a format for the presentation of documents based on the APA format but with some modifications.
     • SECTIONS OF AN ESSAY
       • - Cover page - Summary/Abstract - One-page format - Titles and subtitles - Boards - Graphics - Appendices - In-text citations - References
         • ABSTRACT
           • Abstract is the title goes in the middle of the page and they are centered basically between 120 and 250 words, in addition the abtract always goes on page 2 of our document.
         • TABLES
           • The table number and table name go above the table. The tables do not have vertical lines that divide the table also the title goes at the top of the table in italics.
         • GRAPHICS
           • The graphic is not called a graph, they are called figures and the figures go to the title of the figure below it.
         • CITATIONS
           • Quotes within the text we do paraphrase or a specific reference we must include the reference Quote the author, the name at the beginning of the quote and at the end the page number
             • CITES
               • Cite articles from journals. Original cite = original source
               • Several authors affirm the same: Cite authors in alphabetical order and the years in order of publication.
               • Extensive quotes: Separate the quote from the body of the text and put a larger mark on the left side.
               • Journal articles: Author, year, title, journal, serie or volume and pages.
               • Newspaper: Exact date of publication, article’s name, pages.
               • Chapter inside a book: Author, year, book’s name, article, pages, where was published and editorial.
               • Interviews: Interviewed name, topic, means (telephone, videoconference, personal), date.
               • Libraries or journals: Better supported information. Page address, web page with author, year, publication name in italic, and date when we get that information.
               • Conferences or talks: Host, year, conference name, event name, where conference was held and country.
               • BOOK
                 • A book with an author Surnames, book’s title in Italic, where was published and editorial.
                 • A book with more than one author: Three names of authors et all, year, where was published and editorial.
         • REFERENCES
           • • Documents • texts bibliographies in alphabetical order • Name of the author • year of publication • title of the work
     • What is the format of a normal page?
       • MARGINS
       • DOUBLE SPACE SPACING
       • PAGE NUMBER (In the upper right corner)
         • JUSTIFICATION
           • Comparison in the fifth edition the format of the page is justified the text while in the sixth edition the justification is no longer applied. Because if the text is justified, people get lost in reading.
     • Levels in APA 6 Edition
       • Level 1. Centered in bold Starts all main words in lowercase
       • Level 4 Paragraph indent bold italic capital only the first letter of the first word and ending with a period.
       • Level 3 With paragraph indentation bold capital only the first letter of the first word and ending with a period
       • Level 2 Left aligned in bold uppercase all important words