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Using American Psychological Association (APA) style

Using American Psychological Association (APA) style

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Using American Psychological Association (APA) style

- [Instructor] The APA, short for American Psychological Association, is a documentation style used mainly in the science area. The APA format typically uses in-text citations with the author's last name and the date of the publication combined with a works cited at the end. The same format is used regardless if the material is directly quoted or paraphrased. In this example, notice that a comma is used between the last name and the date, and a comma between the date and the page number for the in-text citation. Notice also that p period is used to identify the page. Pp period would be used if multiple pages were listed. If you include the author's name in your actual sentence, then the date and page are given after the name, which this example shows. The works cited page, containing the full source information at the end of the research paper, will use the same author and date style. However, a specific page number is not included. Here's how that entry would be listed. If the source…

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