APA Brochure - Aiken Technical College

Section headings: centered
above the paragraph
End punctuation: two
spaces after the end of a
sentence, but not in your
References page
Quotes: Incorporate
quotes shorter than forty
words into the text with
quotation marks.
For longer quotes, indent
half an inch on the left
side (no quotation
marks). Cite after the last
quotation mark.
Publication Manual for
the American Psychological
Association
BF 76.7 .P83 2010
For additional online
help:
http://
owl.english.purdue.edu/
Library Hours
Monday—Thursday
8am-9pm
Friday 8am-4pm
Saturday 8am-noon
Sunday Closed
Interim hours vary.
Aiken Technical College Library
Room 1001
Building 1000/1001
2276 Jefferson Davis Highway
Graniteville, SC 29802
Phone: (803) 508-7430
Aiken Technical College
Library
Tel: (803) 508-7430
APA Style for
Print and
Online Sources

ARTICLE DATABASES ON CAMPUS ACCESS OFF CAMPUS ACCESS
Margins: one inch on all sides;
double-spaced; 12 point Times
New Roman font
Header: FIRST FEW WORDS OF
YOUR TITLE IN ALL CAPS, left
aligned. Page number on all
pages, right aligned
Running head: left justified and
appears only on the title page.
Running head: FIRST FEW
WORDS OF YOUR TITLE IN ALL
CAPS
Title page: Title, byline (name)
and school in the upper half of
the title page, centered
In-text citations: (Author’s last
name, year of publication)
References page: Type
“References,” centered at the
top of the page. Citations are
alphabetized by author. Use a
hanging indent for citations; indent
each line after the first.
Online Database Articles
Online articles should include
the DOI (Digital Object Identifier),
or the URL if the DOI is
not available. The database
name is not included in the
reference citation.
Author’s last name, First initial.
Middle Initial. (Year of
publication). Title of article.
Title of publication.
Volume(Edition), page
numbers. doi: xxxxx or
URL
Electronic Books
Author last name, First initial.
Middle initial. (Date) Title
of book. [Electronic
source]. Retrieved from
URL
Print Journals or Magazines
Author last name, First initial.
Middle initial. (Year of Publi
-cation) Title of article. Title
of Publication, Volume
(Edition), page numbers.
Websites
Author’s Last name, First initial,
Middle initial. (Date of publication).
Title of Web page.
Retrieved from URL
Print Books
Author last name, First initial.
Middle initial. (Date) Title of
book. Location: Publisher.