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Academic Writer is the only authoritative and complete online environment for teaching, writing, and publishing in APA Style®, now updated to the 7th Edition. Designed to help users develop their writing and professional research skills, Academic Writer combines sophisticated learning and teaching tools, advanced writing and content management technology, and full integration of APA’s best-selling Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association® to create an unparalleled web-based suite of integrated services and tools.

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Academic Writer Documentation & Tips

The below links lead to more information, tips, and training about the basics of using Academic Writer.

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Using Academic Writer's Writing Tools

Academic Writer contains a Writing section where you can create and write a full APA-formatted paper.  You can write the entire paper in Academic Writer or just use it to setup the title page, headings, and references.  Export your work at any time to a Microsoft Word document.  Below are documents from Academic Writer about the essential features of their Writing tools.  

• Setting up the Title Page
• Adding References to Papers (PDF)
• Adding In-Text Citations (PDF)
• Adding Tables (PDF)
• Exporting Papers (PDF)

Featured Items from Academic Writer

Basics of APA Style

Learn the basics of APA Style, including how to format a manuscript, understand the form and function of common manuscript parts, organize and express your thoughts clearly and precisely, employ the mechanics of style, use graphic elements effectively, credit sources and acknowledge the contributions of others, and construct a comprehensive and reliable reference list.

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How to Avoid Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism

Learn how to avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism, including how to identify plagiarism, understand its risks and consequences, cite sources properly, and develop sound writing practices.

Learn how to set up the title page of an APA Style paper, including the page header and running head, title, author name and affiliation, and author note.

Paper Template: ("Merenda" Sample Student Paper)

This sample response paper presents a university student's personal reaction to an article about whether medication is prescribed too often to young children to treat psychological disorders. The title page demonstrates the simple default layout for a student paper. The paper has a simple setup with only a title page, body of text, and references. No "running head"! Response papers typically do not include author notes or abstracts, though this may vary by assignment.

Visit the Writing Center

Need writing help?  Visit the Writing Center to contact a tutor, submit your paper for review and feedback, or ask APA Style-related questions, as well as access dozens of writing tutorials, videos, webinars, and other instructional resources.

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Zotero: Free Reference Management Tool

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. This tool is especially popular for heavy researchers at the grad level and above.

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Purdue OWL APA 7th edition

Purdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) is the "go to" for instruction on how to use APA 7th.  Below are a few of the topics OWL has.  Check out their website for more.  https://owl.purdue.edu/index.html 

• APA Style Introduction APA 7th
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APA Tutorials on 7th edition

 If you need to format your research paper or dissertation in APA style, check out these tutorials from APA.

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• Comparative Chart of APA 6th and APA 7th This is a quick chart created by the Janis P. Bellack Library comparing the new edition of APA.

NOTE FROM APA about 7th edition:

There is no electronic version of APA 7th edition.

"APA does NOT have an institutional license model for APA’s Publication Manual , but electronic versions are available at Vital Source ( www.vitalsource.com ) and RedShelf ( www.redshelf.com ).

 To help students in need of APA Style guidance, tutorials and quick guides adapted from Academic Writer ® , APA’s tool for teaching and learning effective writing, are now freely available through July 1, 2020.

The Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style tutorial and other material will stay on the APAStyle.org site for free after that date. "

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APA Updates: What's New in the 7th Edition?

APA recently published a new edition of their Publication Manual.

Some of the changes include:

No longer include places of publication when citing books

No longer include database names or URLs when citing resources retrieved from library databases

Expanded coverage of online resources, including social media

Want to know more? See the APA's full list of changes in the seventh edition.

Acknowledgements

Sections of this guide and examples have been used/adapted with the permission of Seneca College Libraries. For information, please contact Seneca College Library . Note: When copying this guide, please retain this box.

APA: Top Links

• GBC Library Handout: APA Format - The Basics (7th Edition) A quick two page handout to help you cite frequently used items.
• APA Formatting and Style Guide from Purdue University (7th ed.) This resource offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
• Two Types of Citation From the APA Citation Style Tutorial. This guide demonstrates how to create and format both in-text citations and reference list entries.
• Matching Reference and In-Text Citations Activity An interactive matching game; from the APA Style Citation Tutorial.

What is it?

American Psychological Association (APA)  is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the sciences and social sciences.

**If you are not sure which citation style to use, please ask your instructor.

  The purpose of documentation is to:

• Identify ( cite ) other people’s ideas and information used  within your essay, assignment or paper .
• Indicate the authors or sources of these in a  References  list at the end of your paper.

This guide is based on the  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association  (7th ed.)  published in 2020.

APA: Additional Resources

The following resources provide additional information and examples that will help you to cite your sources and format your papers using APA. 

• American Psychologial Association's Tutorial on the Basics of APA Style This tutorial is designed for writers who are new to APA Style. It covers the basics of seventh edition APA Style, including paper elements, format, and organization; academic writing style; grammar and usage; bias-free language; mechanics of style; tables and figures; in-text citations, paraphrasing, and quotations; and reference list format and order.
• Citing Business Sources in APA Style from Toronto Metropolitan University Citation tips from Ryerson University for business resources such as: PMB, CARDOnline, Conference Board of Canada, and Passport GMID.
• Annotated Bibliographies from Purdue

*Please remember to always defer to your instructor’s preferences regarding formatting or citation requirements.

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Formatting an APA Style Title Page

Apa style 7th edition paper and title page formatting in microsoft word.

In this video, Purdue Global Learning and Development Specialist, Chrissine Cairns, demonstrates how to format a paper and title page in APA Style (7 Ed.).

APA Style 6th Edition Title Page and Running Head Formatting in Microsoft Word

In this video, Purdue Global Learning and Development Specialist, Chrissine Cairns, demonstrates how to format a title page and running head in APA Style (6 Ed.).

Sample APA Style Title Page PDF

Common Citations and References in APA Style

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This is my first ever Tutorial and Demonstration on APA Formatting. Thank You; Earl Bowers

Thanks for asking! In order to create different headers throughout your document, you can create page breaks. Follow these directions directly from Microsoft to help guide you through the process:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/configure-headers-and-footers-for-different-sections-of-a-document-94332643-a6e9-46aa-ab29-064f1d356db6

I hope this is helpful information!

How do we utilize when the cover page is specific tot he university and does not want a running head except starting on page 2 then the title with no running head on pages 3 4 5 etc?

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• APA 7th ed. - Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style Use this link to access the in-depth tutorial Academic Writer Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style that covers all of the elements of APA style including formatting, in-text citations, and reference citations. Recorded webinars from the APA on in-text citations and references citations are also available through this link.

APA also provides Handouts and Guides. 

APA & The Nurse Practice Act

• APA 7th ed. & the Wisconsin "Nurse Practice Act" Details on finding and citing the "Nurse Practice Act."

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Reference Page Citations

Apa 7th ed. reference citation essentials from the american psychological association. , apa 7th ed. reference citation information from the purdue university online writing lab (owl) often referred to as purdue owl. .

Specific author details and source types: 

Reference Page Citations: Summary Of Notable APA 7th ed. Changes

The number in parentheses indicates the corresponding chapter or section(s) in the APA Publication Manual. 

References 

• Label the reference list " References " in  bold  font. (2.12)
• For government agencies, list the most specific agency as the author in the reference. (9.11)
• Publisher location (city, state) is no longer included in book citations. (9.29)
• Always include a DOI when available for journal articles and books (electronic and print). (9.3)
• If a DOI is not available for a journal article from a library database (research database) treat the article as if it were a print version. A URL for the journal website is no longer needed, and you do not need to provide a database name (EBSCOhost, CINAHL, Films on Demand). (9.3 & 9.34)
• Present both DOIs and URLs as hyperlinks (active website links). Include "http://" or "https://" and for DOIs use the preferred format of: https://doi.org/xxxx (9.35)
• For the majority of online sources, such as websites: Include URL (web address) at the end of reference; do NOT include "Retrieved from". However, if the content is likely to change over time, include a retrieval date to indicate to readers that the version they link to may be different (e.g. Retrieved March 11, from https://xxx.xxx). (9.16, 10.1 & 10.16)
• For ebooks, the format, platform, or device (e.g. Kindle) is not included in the reference citation. (10.2)

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