APA format

APA formate has two parts. One is the In-text citation,it is found in the body of an essay, it is inside parentheses, it is a part of a sentece, the period comes after the parentheses. It is a short referecnce to the original publication, it includes the Author's last name and the date of the publicaion, it can include the page number. You must use it when you paraphrase the ideas form an original publication. The second is the reference page, it's full of the listing's you used in your essay, you have to list your sourses alphabtically, your qoute's or paraphrase have to be on this page. You would begin with the author's last name then thier initials, the date of the publicaion and the title of the book. If their is no author begin with the title, If there is no date write n.d.