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A 3 page paper describing heading, bibliographic and citation forms of the style of the American Psychological Association (APA). APA style focuses on publication production and is not intended to be a final form: the APA manual itself is not in APA style. The great strength of APA style is the uniformity it brings to bibliographic and in-text citations, both of which are discussed in the paper. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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manuals available over the years, each designed to bring uniformity to manuscripts, citations and bibliographies. The Chicago Manual of Style was a standard for many years, but it is
a guide for style and usage. In contrast, the guidelines established by the American Psychological Association (APA) originally were designed to provide uniformity in manuscripts submitted to the APA
for publication in its journal. For several years prior to the turn of the new century, APA style seemed to change annually as
APA made modifications to various aspects of its manuscript requirements. The style has been stable since APA published the fifth edition of its Publication Manual in 2001. Manuscript Style
APAs requirements for headings and subheadings are designed for ease in identifying levels of headings when typesetting manuscripts and books for publication.
It should be noted that APA headings are not intended to be final form headings. Support for this statement can be found in the APA manual itself, which by
no means is presented in APA style. APA requirements for headings include maintaining a single typeface throughout the manuscript. The Level 5
heading is the name of an article and is to be centered in uppercase type. The Level 1 heading is centered in title case, which capitalizes individual words.
The heading form for Level 2 is centered, italicized title case (APA manual, 2001; p. 113). The APA manual provides five levels of
headings, each of which is distinguished by placement on the page (centered or left-aligned) and by text attributes (italics and case). A paper produced according to strict APA standards
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