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Apa Challenge

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Book Reference
Chow, T. W., & Cummings, J. L. (2000). The amygdala and Alzheimer’s disease. In J. P. Aggleton (Ed.), The amygdala: A functional analysis (pp. 656–680). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.

Formatting Dissertations

Long, M. (2007). School media librarians as transformational leaders (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. (UMI No. 329321)

Study Notes:
Common APA Style and Formatting Challenges

The following guidelines are followed by most faculty members on most Walden coursework, theses, and dissertations. Occasionally, Walden faculty will ask for slight variations on these rules.

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10. Tables and figures. Sections on tables and figures in chapter 4 are critical to your accurate and persuasive portrayal of data. Read through these sections when developing tables and figures in your papers and reports.

Quick Guide to Citing Sources in APA Style

While the Publication Manual may look overwhelming to you when you first start using it, remember that nearly everything you need to know can be found in three sections of the manual.

Formatting in-text citations can be found in chapter 6.

The gist of what you need to know for references lists can be found in the examples in chapter 7.

Formatting In-text Citations

These basic rules relate to in-text citations.

1.Use the author/date system. Be careful with your punctuation. Gould’s (1999) analysis was later challenged by others (Duncan, 2003; Evans & Barker, 2004). Notice that the two pairs of studies are separated with a semicolon and that you use an ampersand (&) as a substitute for the word and when you showing the names of authors inside parentheses.

2.Do not plagiarize. Just changing a couple of words or rearranging a sentence isn’t paraphrasing. For direct quotes, you must identify the page number or paragraph number of the original source. For paraphrases, you are strongly encouraged to do so. See below for how to cite an online source such as the DSM.

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