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APA 6 Style Archive

Guidelines for APA 6th edition (2010)

 

What is APA 6 Style?

The guidelines of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition (APA, 2010) specify how to apply citations, references, headings, tables, appendices and other elements in an academic document.

Notice: This guide provides information about APA 6th edition (2010) formatting and referencing requirements. For information on formatting and referencing requirements for APA 7th edition (2020), please see our updated APA 7 guide.

  • When to Cite
  • APA 6 Style: In-Text Citations
  • APA 6 Style: References List
    • APA 6 Style: Citing Articles
    • APA 6 Style: Books and Sections of Books
    • APA 6 Style: Citing Electronic Sources
    • APA 6 Style: Citing Other Sources
  • APA 6 Style: Formatting Guidelines and Sample
  • APA 6 Style Checklists

When to Cite

Academic writing synthesizes original work with the work of others. To avoid plagiarism, give credit for anything taken from other sources.

You must document all sources used in a paper.

Cite the following

  • Cite all paraphrases or summaries of ideas or information that are not your own.
  • Cite all direct quotations of two or more consecutive words. In fact, a single distinctive term taken from a source should be placed in quotation marks and cited.
  • You can use sources that are not simply written words. These need to be cited too (some examples include charts, films, maps, graphs, web pages, photographs, television news reports, lectures, and audio tapes).

Do not cite the following

  • Your ideas, opinions or conclusions
  • Common knowledge in the discipline. Common knowledge in psychology might be that Skinner was a Behaviourist. In sociology, it might be that Durkheim created the academic discipline sociology.

If you are ever confused about whether to cite or not, cite. It is better to err on the side of citing than to neglect to cite and risk plagiarising. Read more about avoiding plagiarism.

APA Checklists

  • APA 6th Edition: Title Page Checklist
  • APA 6th Edition: Formatting Checklist
  • APA 6th Edition: In-Text Citation Checklist
  • APA 6th Edition: References Checklist

APA Style

  • Common Citation Questions
  • Documentation Style by Discipline
  • APA Style
    • APA 7 Style: In-Text Citations
    • APA 7 Style: References
    • APA 7 Style: Formatting Guidelines
  • MLA Style
  • Chicago Style
  • CSE Style

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