Apa 6th Edition Guide

The purpose of this assignment is to help you create a quick-reference document that allows you to find key formatting instructions in the APA manual, 6th edition. Once you have this document ready, you will be able to answer and implement all of the formatting issues that are common to papers in your nursing classes —this is an important assignment for you!

You may print a copy of this to write in your answers, but you must complete the form in WORD so that it may be uploaded into the Dropbox for scoring.

Student Name:

APA Element/Requirement Answer Location

(page number & reference point)

Title Page

1. Describe 5 elements of a title page. Which are not used in student papers? Title: Should summarize the main idea of the manuscript. It should be a concise statement of the main topic and should identify the variables or theoretical issues under investigation and the relationship between them; a title should be fully explanatory when standing alone. Avoid abbreviations and keep the title to no more than 12 words. The title should be centered between the right and left margins, positioned in the upper half of the page, and by typed using upper and lower case letters. The title is easily shortened to a running head within the published article.

Running head: An abbreviated title that is printed at the top of the pages of a manuscript or published article to identify the article for readers. It should be a maximum of 50 characters (which includes letters, punctuation, and spaces). It should be flush left in all uppercase letters at the top of the title page and all subsequent pages.

Author byline: To avoid mistaken identity, the preferred form is author's first, middle initial(s), and last name. Omit titles and degrees. Author's names should be listed in order of their contributions, centered between the left and right margins and placed under the title. Suffixes should be separated from the rest of the name with a space instead of a comma. Names should be consistent throughout different works as not to confuse readers/researchers (i.e.: Changing Mary A. Jones to Mary Alice Jones makes it hard to distinguish if a different person wrote these articles or the same person under different names.)

Instructional affiliation: The affiliation identifies the location where the author or authors were when the research was conducted, usually an institution. Include two affiliations only if both contributed substantially to support the study; use no more than two affiliations per author. When an author has no affiliation, list the city and state of residence below the author's name. If the affiliation changed since the work was completed, give the current affiliation in the author note. The institutional affiliation should