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APA STYLE

In my opinion APA style is the one which is best explained. APA explains how to cite different sources such as books, magazines or web sites etc.

APA style recommends organizing your paper into the following sections: title page, abstract, main body and references.

If we have to cite a book the first thing that has to be mentioned is the author’s surname, followed by the initial letter of his name. After that, the year of publication is going to be included between brackets. Then, the title of the book has to be written using capital letters and italics. Finally, the location and the publisher have to be included, separated with a colon. If we have to cite articles the format provided by APA is the following: Author, A.A, author, B.B, author, C.C. (Year) title of the article. Title of periodical, volume number (issue number) pages.

To cite a magazine, the model is the following: first, the surname and name of the author. After that, and between brackets, the year and date. In italic text type we include the title of the magazine followed by a comma, and the volume and the pages from where the article was taken.

To cite newspapers APA provides the following format: author, A.A. (date). Title of the article. Title of newspaper, page number(s). P for single page and PP for double pages.

To cite an article from an Encyclopedia the first thing to include is the Author, A.A. (date). Title of the article. In the Encyclopedia, (volume, page numbers). City of publication, state of publication: Publisher.

Finally, to cite a web- based source, the format is the following: author, A. (year). Title of journal. Volume, page. Retrieved from http://www.article. Com/full/url.

Sources:

The publication manual of the American Psychological association. Retrieved from http://www.apastyle.org/accessed  on May 15, 2013.