APA 2010 - (Current as of 31 Oct 2016)
Basics:
Please remember APA 2010 style guidelines for in-text citations and references are required in accordance with syllabus and rubrics.
Please use spell check and also proof read your assignments.
Please type your complete name on your word document.
Review Questions:
Please type or copy and paste the complete question then type the answer below the each question.
Do not use all CAPITALS in APA 2010 or academic writing except for the running head.
Paper format:
APA 2010, 8.03 12-point Times New Roman for all body text.
Indent the first line of each paragraph one-half inch (Hanging Indent).
Per APA, do not use contractions
it’s = a contraction for it is. its = possessive - use its.
Please note some of the APA referencing tools give you are starting point but in some cases they are wrong. Please check American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
The references for your reading assignments are shown for Reference Page
ERAU. (2016). Title of PowerPoint. Daytona Beach, FL: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (2013). 14 CFR Part 33 airworthiness standards:
Aircraft engines. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved from
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/
Title14/14tab_02.tpl
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). (2016). FAA-H-8083-25 Pilot's handbook of
aeronautical knowledge. Oklahoma City OK: United States Department of
Transportation.
Sheehan, J. J. (2013). Business and corporate aviation management (2nd. ed.). New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill Education.
Referencing within the assignments.
Direct Quotations
Direct quotes must have (Author, year, p.# ).
Please keep direct quotes to a minimum.
I want to see your response to questions and assignments not the author word for word. Paraphrase in your own words.
If you reference in the body of the paper or presentation, you must reference on the Reference page.
Single author
or APA 2010, 6.11 One Work by One Author
Beginning of the sentence: Teeple (2015) stated
At the end of the sentence: (Teeple, 2015).
Two Authors or
APA 2010, 6.12 One Work by Multiple Authors
Madden and Hogan (1997) claimed (No ampersand (&))
(Madden & Hogan, 1997).
On referencing three or more authors use of et al.
On the first time used all authors are cited
Beginning of sentence: Bowersox, Closs, Cooper, and Bowersox (2013) claimed
End of sentence: Bowersox, Closs, Cooper, & Bowersox, 2013).
The next time used we can use et.al
.
Bowersox et al. (2013) stated
End of sentence (Bowersox et al., 2013).
Combining Two Sources of Information
Put in alphabetical order (Simmons, 2007; Zarajczyk, 2007).
Defining Acronyms and Abbreviations
Spell out all but common abbreviations and acronyms the first time they are used.
Example is Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR). See APA 2010, 4.23
Numbers APA 4.30
Use words to express 1-9
Use numerals to express numbers 10 and above
Periods used with in-text citation
The period is after the in-text citation
MGMT 203 course is fun (Teeple, 2016). Note period placement after in-text citation.
Last Page References
Alphabetical order on references on reference page (
Sort in alpha surname/title order) (APA 2010, 6.25). Same Author oldest year first.
APA 2010 Formats (note Periods, dates, Italics)
Last Name, First Name Initial, Middle Initial. (Year). Name of publication in italics. City, State: Publisher.
Agency. (year). Name of publication in italics. City, State: Publisher.
Author. (year). Title in italics. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx
Do not copy and paste the URL address by itself: http://www.xxxxxxx
Use APA format: Author. (year). Title in italics. Retrieved from http://www.xxxxxxx
Italics:
We do not italics to the left side of the (date).
All titles of web pages, books, journals, regulations, NTSB reports, etc. (No italics for Blogs)
Title Case and italics = Journal Title, Magazine Name, Newspaper only.
Note: article within the journal, magazine, newspaper is not italics (sentence case)
Sentence case = The title of a book, website, or other independently printed reference APA 2010, 6.29, 6.30.
Dates
We do not use Retrieved date from xxxxx in APA 2010 -
See example
Boeing Company. (2007). Commercial airplanes B777 in italics. Retrieved from http://www.boeing.com/commercial
Dates are (Year) only
Except for Newspapers (Year, Month, Day) and Magazines =
(Year, Month, Day) or (Year, Month), and Blogs (Year, Month, Day).
Use of (n.d.). If there is no website year, you may use the (Year) you retrieved the document or website copyright (at bottom of webpage).
Examples of References
Textbooks
(Notice Dates, no superscript (4th ed.) and sentence case)
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological
Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Bowersox, D. J., Closs, D. J., Cooper, M. B., & Bowersox, J. C. (2013). Supply chain logistics
management (4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Murphy, P. R., & Knemeyer, A. M. (2015). Contemporary logistics (11 ed.). Upper
Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
National Transportation Safety Board. (2009). Ground fire aboard cargo airplane ABX air flight
1611, Boeing 767-200, N799AX, San Francisco, California, June 28, 2008.
Washington, D.C.: National Transportation Safety Board.
Internet Referencing APA 2010, 6.31, 7.01, (Note: No periods after http address)
Boeing Company. (2007). Commercial airplanes B777. Retrieved from
http://www.boeing.com/commercial
FAR. (2013). 14 CFR Part 33 airworthiness standards: Aircraft engines. Federal Aviation
Administration. Retrieved from http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-
idx?&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title14/14tab_02.tpl
Marshall, B. (2009). How radar works. How stuff works. Retrieved from
http://science.howstuffworks.com/ radar1.htm
U. S. Small Business Administration. (2010). How many businesses open and close each
year? Small Business Administration frequently asked questions. Retrieved from
http://web.sba.gov/faqs/faqindex.cfm?areaID=24
Newspapers and Magazines (Note the dates)
Newspapers
Jones, J. B. (1989, March 3). Base closings: How will they affect us? The New York Times. p.
23.
Smith, J. D. (2008, September 12). Newspaper article title. The Washington Post. Retrieved
from http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Magazine
Jones, W. P. (2007, July 24). Aviation safety training is fun. Safety Magazine 124, pp. 28-40.
Video File
Norton, R. (2006, November 4). How to train a cat to operate a light switch [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vja83KLQXZs
Journals (Note article or chapter within Journal
Allred, A., T., Addams, H. L., & Chakraborty, G. (2007). Is informal planning the key to the
success of the Inc. 500? Journal of Small Business Strategy, 18, 1. doi:1371794031
Bassett-Jones, N., & Lloyd, G, C. (2005). Does Herzberg's motivation theory have staying
power? The Journal of Management Development, 24(10), 929-943. doi:983631011
Blanchard, K., & Nelson, B. (1997). Recognition and reward. Executive excellence, 4, p. 15.
When in doubt, please check APA 2010.
Please see Chapter 6 on Crediting Sources p.169
Please see Chapter 7 Reference Examples p. 193