APA Style Guide: Home

Home page

• Overview [video]
• Formatting [video]
• Quoting [video]
• In-text citations [video]
• Reference page [video]

Document formatting

• Sample APA formatted paper [Word document]
• Sections within the paper (title page, abstract, reference page, etc.)
• Formatting aspects (headers, margins, fonts, etc.)
• APA formatting in MS Word [video]

Citation Formatting

• Books
• Articles from print and online sources
• Online and electronic sources
• Lectures, presentations, and class notes
• Conference proceedings, government reports, and dissertations
• Citing specific databases

In-text citations and paraphrasing

• Quotation basics [video]
• Paraphrasing tips [video]
• In-text citations
• Direct quotes
• Long quotes
• Multiple authors and other examples

Recognizing Plagiarism

Writing Lab and Library Help

Watch Part 1 of an APA Style series produced by Pike's Peak Community College. This video covers:

• Page layout (margins, line spacing, font style and size, page numbering)
• Running head formatting
• Title page
• Main body of paper
• Section heading formatting

Pike's Peak Community College Writing Center. [PPCC Writing Center eLearning Series]. (2016, March 29). APA style | Part 1: formatting [video file]. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/LBMcOGGTZYM .

Watch Part 2 of an APA Style series produced by Pike's Peak Community College. This video covers:

• Which sources to quote and how to quote them
• Proper punctuation and citation of quotes
• Modifying a quote to incorporate it into a sentence
• Paraphrasing
• Block quotes
• What type of quote is appropriate for different situations

Pike's Peak Community College Writing Center. [PPCC Writing Center eLearning Series]. (2016, March 29). APA style | part 2: quoting [video file]. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/do921cAEL6o .

Watch Part 3 of an APA Style series produced by Pike's Peak Community College. This video covers:

• What citations are
• How to format in-text citations for: one author, two authors, 3-5 authors, and more than 5 authors

Pike's Peak Community College Writing Center. [PPCC Writing Center eLearning Series]. (2016, April 7). APA style | part 3: citations [video file]. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/0rDSQmO0Skw .

Watch Part 4 of an APA Style series produced by Pike's Peak Community College. This video covers:

• Formatting the reference page, including how to get a hanging indent
• Commonly used source citation formatting

Pike's Peak Community College Writing Center. [PPCC Writing Center eLearning Series]. (2016, April 7). APA references [video file]. Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/4TagGFwGpTM .