Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style^®

APA's Publication Manual, 6th Edition, provides complete style guidelines and should be consulted first in all matters concerning APA Style^®, but these FAQs will help clarify frequent areas of confusion. You might also want to search the APA Style blog.

• What is APA Style^®?

• Why is APA Style^® needed?

• Why is there a specific APA Style^®?

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• Do you have any sample papers that I can view?

• Does APA offer a workbook on APA Style^®?

• I can't find the example reference I need in the Publication Manual. What should I do?

• How does the APA Style^® Guide to Electronic References, Sixth Edition, differ from the chapters on references in the sixth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association?

• Comma

• Hyphen for compound words

• Colon

• Slash mark

• Brackets

• Semicolon

• Double quotation marks

• Parentheses

• Running head