Citing Sources: APA Made Easy Home

American Psychology Association (APA) publishes a formatting guide titled the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. The publication is meant to guide formatting and citing when writing reports of research.

• It helps format  and organize your paper.
• It helps students properly cite sources used.
• It helps reduce plagiarism.
• Many departments and instructors here at GRCC require it

APA Made Easy

I. Formatting Title Page

• Running Head
• Inserting Page Numbers
• Title, Name, School

II. APA Margins, Spacing & Fonts

• Margins
• Spacing
• Fonts

III. APA Capitalization and Numbers

• Capitalization
• Numbers

IV. APA Headings

V.  APA In-Text Citation

• Author-Date Method
• Block Quotations

VI. APA Reference List

• Psychology Department
• Sociology Department
• Business Department
• Health Programs