![EXAMPLE
“These and related findings suggest the role of aesthetics
in product design: attractive things make people feel
good, which in turn makes them think more creatively.” –
Donald Norman’s Emotional Design (2004)
Citing a study by psychologist Alice Isen, Norman (2004)
suggests that aesthetically pleasing design “make[s]
people feel good” and therefore making them more
creative, can ultimately make them better problem-
solvers (p. 19).
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Creating an essay using APA
- 1. APA STYLE AND YOU E L A I N E M . PAT TO N , M L S Digital Resource Professional aka Librarian LSC-University Park Library
- 2. TODAY • FORMATTING YOUR PAPER • CITATIONS • References • In-text
- 3. SOURCES W H AT D E T E R M I N E S T H E P R E V I O U S C I TAT I O N S T U F F
- 4. EVALUATING SOURCES Check for… • Evidence • Does the information appear well-researched? • Credibility • Is the author reliable? • Expertise • Does the author have a valid background in the subject? • Relevance • Is the information about your topic? Is it timely? • Bias • Is the information opinionated? If so, acknowledge in your own paper.
- 5. FORMATTING: PAGE LAYOUT • 12 point font • 1” margins on all sides • Times New Roman or other serifed font like Courier Sans-serif Serif • Double-spaced
- 6. THE MAJOR PAPER COMPONENTS
- 7. THE TITLE (COVER) PAGE Image from http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ Page number: Title page is page 1 Running head (title of paper) Paper title & Your information
- 8. TITLE PAGE ELEMENTS RUNNING HEAD page # Title of Paper Your M. Name Institution Name
- 9. RUNNING HEAD • On every other page: TITLE TITLE TITLE # • On the TITLE page: Running head: TITLE TITLE TITLE 1
- 10. ABSTRACT • After the title page, before your paper • Titled Abstract, centered on page • Concise 150-250 word summary of your paper
- 11. LANGUAGE • Be concise and clear: don’t fluff your writing with unnecessary description or information nor complex language • Use the active voice whenever possible –Passive: Participants were asked… –Active: We asked participants…
- 12. LANGUAGE • To have Word check for passive voice: • File –Options • Proofing – Settings Only valid in pre-Office 2016 versions of Word
- 13. CITATIONS T H E R E F E R E N C E L I S T
- 14. CITATIONS… give the exact location of an information source give credit to this source for the ideas or information within your work (and this lends authority to your work) are placed on the References page of your paper as well as throughout the body
- 15. IDENTIFY 4 BASIC ELEMENTS: WHO wrote it WHAT did they call it WHEN was it published WHERE did it appear
- 16. EXAMPLE CITATIONS FOR… • Online magazine or newspaper article
- 17. ELEMENTS OF A CITATION FOR AN ONLINE ARTICLE • Author(s) • Publication date • Article title • Magazine title • URL retrieved from
- 18. Pincott, J. (2012, November 5). What’s in a face? Psychology Today. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com Online article
- 19. WHICH CITATION IS CORRECT? A.) O’Neil, J. (2013, January 14). Equation of time solves mystery of gray mornings. New York Times. Retrieved from B.) O’Neil, John. (2013 Jan 14). “Equation of time solves mystery of gray mornings”. New York Times. Retrieved from
- 20. IN-TEXT CITATIONS T H E O T H E R H A L F
- 21. IN-TEXT CITATIONS When do you use in-text citations? If you didn’t originally think it or say it, attribute it! Exception: commonly-known facts don’t need citations.
- 22. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • Include author(s), year, and page number(s) • E.g. (Author, 2012, p. 12) (Author, Author, & Author, 2012) (Author & Author, 2012, p. 12-13)
- 23. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • If you don’t have a piece of info, skip it! • Your in-text citation will be whatever the start of the citation on your References page is. – So if there’s no author, your in-text citation will be…. ?
- 24. IN-TEXT CITATIONS So long as you have all 3 elements, you can mix up how your in-text citations are introduced: – According to X (2004), … (p. 19-20). – This is a statement (X, 2004, p. 50). – This has been accepted by X (2004), Y & Z (2009), and A (2008).
- 25. IN-TEXT CITATIONS • Paraphrase –Do not just swap out a few words with synonyms! • Direct quote –Uses “quotation marks” around the source content –If it’s longer than 40 words, no quotes: make it a block quote with ½” margins
- 26. EXAMPLE : “These and related findings suggest the role of aesthetics in product design: attractive things make people feel good, which in turn makes them think more creatively.” – Donald Norman’s Emotional Design (2004) Aesthetics aren’t purely superficial in object design. Attractive objects make people feel good, which in turn makes them more creative in their thinking. When they’re being creative, people are better able to solve problems. ORIGINALTEXTINYOURPAPER
- 27. EXAMPLE : “These and related findings suggest the role of aesthetics in product design: attractive things make people feel good, which in turn makes them think more creatively.” – Donald Norman’s Emotional Design (2004) Citing a study by psychologist Alice Isen, Norman (2004) suggests that aesthetic design, by improving people’s moods and therefore making them more creative, can ultimately make them better problem-solvers (p. 19). ORIGINALTEXTINYOURPAPER
- 28. EXAMPLE “These and related findings suggest the role of aesthetics in product design: attractive things make people feel good, which in turn makes them think more creatively.” – Donald Norman’s Emotional Design (2004) Citing a study by psychologist Alice Isen, Norman (2004) suggests that aesthetically pleasing design “make[s] people feel good” and therefore making them more creative, can ultimately make them better problem- solvers (p. 19). ORIGINALTEXTINYOURPAPER
- 29. OTHER RESOURCES • UPresearch.LoneStar.edu/APA • APAstyle.org • OWL.english.purdue.edu Each database will have a citation help tool, but these aren’t guaranteed to be accurate!
- 30. CONTACT THE LIBRARIANS •UPLibrary-ref@LoneStar.edu •Elaine.M.Patton@LoneStar.edu •In-person during normal library hours •Call: 281-401-5390 •Text: 281-946-9879 •Look for the Chat With A Librarian button on the website: