BMRT 11000: Intro to Business: APA Style
Help with APA style
APA Tutorial
APA Style - The Basics
This module is based on the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (July 2009). In this tutorial you will learn the basic rules on fonts, margins, spacing, and creating a title page.
Hanging Indents in Word
To create hanging indents in Word:
- Highlight the entire citation.
- Make sure you are on the "Home tab" and then click on Paragraph.
- In the paragraph window that pops up, drop down the Special: menu and select: Hanging indent.
- Click on OK and the second line will indent.
Examples
NOTE: The second and subsequent lines of all citations should be indented! This is called a "hanging indent" See instructions in the box below on how to do this in Word. The example citations here are not indented.
Book
Collins, S. (2008). The hunger games. New York, NY: Scholastic Books.
eBook
Alderman, J. (2001). Sonic boom: Napster, MP3, and the new pioneers of music. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.07711
Online Journal from a Database
Norton, E. (2011). Turn On the Dark. School Library Journal, 57(8), 38-43. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
Print Journal
Norton, E. (2011). Turn On the Dark. School Library Journal, 57(8), 38-43.
Web Site
De George, R. T. (2005, February 19). A history of business ethics. Retrieved from http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/business/
conference/presentations/business-ethics-history.html