Can’t get enough of APA Style 7th edition information, but you’re more of a visual learner? Well, the Writing Center in Purdue Global’s Academic Success Center has just the content you are looking for,...
We all know the challenges of following APA Style when writing a paper using Microsoft Word, but those challenges often become greater when applying the formatting guidelines to other software. In the following video,...
Let’s face it: For whatever reason, formatting titles can be confusing, especially if you think about all the titles that need proper formatting–the title placed on the title page of a paper, the title...
Academic Writing / APA 7th Ed / Blogcast
by Kurtis Clements · Published September 25, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
We’ve long known that using gender-neutral language (aka: gender-inclusive language or non-sexist language) is the basic expectation in everyday communication–written or not. Long gone are the days when masculine pronouns were used by default...
by Kurtis Clements · Published September 18, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
For years the default font size for an APA Style paper was 12. And not only was APA’s preferred font size 12, but also the preferred font style was Times New Roman. Well, the...
by Kurtis Clements · Published September 11, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
APA Style 7th edition introduced some big changes to the references list that you will want to keep straight. Let’s start with the nomenclature. The list of references at the end of an APA...
by Kurtis Clements · Published September 4, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
Shakespeare, loosely paraphrased, once wrote that a rose by any other name is still a rose, and that idea, by extension, now applies to APA Style as familiar terms now have new names. In...
by Kurtis Clements · Published August 28, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
First impressions are, after all, first impressions, so setting up your APA formatted title page and header correctly will provide the kind of first impression you want readers to have of your paper and...
by Kurtis Clements · Published August 21, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
Bewildered by APA? Head spinning just thinking about the transition to the 7th edition of the Publication Manual? Fear not! The Writing Center at Purdue Global has rolled out its updated video aptly titled...
Academic Writing / APA 7th Ed / Blogcast
by Kurtis Clements · Published August 14, 2020 · Last modified October 14, 2020
The singular they?! Yes, the singular “they,” as in Everyone learns “their” ABCs or What one doesn’t know can’t hurt “them.” While the singular “they” has been a topic of much discussion lately, the...