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Academic Writer contains a Writing section where you can create and write a full APA-formatted paper.  You can write the entire paper in Academic Writer or just use it to setup the title page, headings, and references.  Export your work at any time to a Microsoft Word document.  Below are documents from Academic Writer about the essential features of their Writing tools.  

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Purdue OWL APA 7th edition

Purdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) is the "go to" for instruction on how to use APA 7th.  Below are a few of the topics OWL has.  Check out their website for more.  https://owl.purdue.edu/index.html 

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 If you need to format your research paper or dissertation in APA style, check out these tutorials from APA.

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There is no electronic version of APA 7th edition.

"APA does NOT have an institutional license model for APA’s Publication Manual , but electronic versions are available at Vital Source ( www.vitalsource.com ) and RedShelf ( www.redshelf.com ).

 To help students in need of APA Style guidance, tutorials and quick guides adapted from Academic Writer ® , APA’s tool for teaching and learning effective writing, are now freely available through July 1, 2020.

The Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style tutorial and other material will stay on the APAStyle.org site for free after that date. "

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The templates below have been built to ensure a consistent look among most theses and dissertations submitted to the Graduate School. These templates should be used as a guide in formatting your thesis or dissertation with the understanding that your department may require modifications of the template to fit your discipline’s style. Please contact your department’s Format Advisor to discuss any necessary changes.

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Please download the following template to begin your thesis/dissertation. Formatting within the template is already set up for your convenience.

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You will need to manually input your committee information on page 2. We ask that you only list your committee member's primary department. The name after "Approved by:" should match the name listed on your Form 9 as "Thesis Form Head".

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How to Cite AI Tools in APA

If you intend to use and cite AI-generated content for course assignments, first consult with your instructor. Instructors have varying opinions about how or whether students may use ChatGPT or other Generative AI tools. Use the following format to cite ChatGPT. For detailed information on how to cite AI in APA style, please check this APA blog post, How to cite ChatGPT , created on April 7, 2023.  To quote or reproduce the text generated by ChatGPT in your paper:

To put the full text of long responses from ChatGPT in an appendix or in online supplemental materials:

To create a reference to ChatGPT or other AI models and software :

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When writing a long document such as a thesis or dissertation over a sustained time period, writers may find it difficult to stay motivated and make progress. Some institutions offer “dissertation retreats” or camps for helping writers make progress. An Intensive Writing Experience (IWE) is a similar event in which a writer makes a concerted effort both to make progress on a document and to become a better writer. The writer sets aside a predetermined amount of time in order to make progress on a particular writing project, such as a dissertation.  The material here is meant to be used to conduct a Personal IWE that a writer can use when a group event such as a retreat or camp is not available.  

This section contains detailed directions for setting up a Personal IWE.  We've included vidcasts and handouts useful for a potential three-day event covering a variety of writing-related topics. Writers can view the vidcasts and read through the handouts and then apply what they have learned to their own writing. We suggest starting with the handout entitled “Conducting a Personal Intensive Writing Experience (IWE)”; this will provide details for structuring time and offers a schedule for the order of topics across a multi-day event.

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The American Psychological Association has released a new edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Graduate students currently enrolled in programs using the 6th edition will continue to use the 6th edition through the completion of the program. Undergraduate students will transition to the 7th edition in the spring 2020 semester. This guide will be updated to reflect the changes seen in the new edition. Here is a summary of some of the changes between the 6th and 7th editions.

Reference Examples (6th ed.)

• Print Book/eBook
• Article from a Reference Work
• Journal/Magazine/Newspaper Article
• UptoDate database
• Dissertation/Thesis
• YouTube/TedTalk Video
• ERIC Document

For additional source formats (not listed in the tabs above) and formatting refer to the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue , and/or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). You may also consult with a librarian or Writing Center tutor regarding source citation formatting. Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources .

Print Books and Ebooks

• Author, A. A. (date).  Title of work . Location (City, State): Publisher.
• Author, A. A. (date).  Title of work . Retrieved from https://www.xxxxxxxxxx 

Example:  Cunningham, H. (1995).  God and Caesar at the Rio Grande: Sanctuary and the politics of religion.  Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Retrieved from https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=56538&site=ehost-live&scope=site

NOTE: If you get the eBook through one of the library's vendors (EBSCO, eBook Central) make sure to remove the proxy prefix from the URL (everything from https:// to the = (equal) symbol). Contact a librarian if you have questions!

• Author, A. A. (date).  Title of work . doi: xxxxxxx

Example:  Bush, S., & Heck, A. L. (Eds.). (2018).  Forensic geropsychology: Practice essentials. https://dx.doi.org/10.137/0000082-000

• Editor, A. A. (Ed.). (date).  Title of work . Location (city, state): Publisher.

Chapter from a Book

• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-xxx). Location(city, state): Publisher.
• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-  xxx). Retrieved from https://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (or, Available from Ebook Central)
• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-xxx). doi:xxxxxxxxxxx

If there is no author of the entry, use the following format:

• Title of entry. (date).  In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-xxx). Location(city, state) : Publisher.

NOTE: For more information about source formatting for eBooks, refer to the  APA-style Blog

[Taken from page 202, section 7.02, in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.]

Always verify formatting of electronically generated citations with either the  Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue , and/or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). You may also consult with a librarian or Writing Center tutor regarding source citation formatting.  Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources .

Chapter or entry from a book.

Example : Portes, P. R. (1996). Ethnicity and culture in educational psychology. In D. C. Berliner & R. C. Calfee (eds.),  Handbook of educational psychology  (pp. 331-357). New York, NY: Macmillan Library Reference.

• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-  xxx). Retrieved from https://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Example:   Adamopoulos, J. (2004). Interpersonal behavior and culture. In C. D. Spielberger (Ed.),  Encyclopedia of applied psychology .  Retrieved from https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/estappliedpsyc/interpersonal_behavior_and_culture/0?institutionId=4721

NOTE : Remove the proxy prefix from the beginning of the URL (everything between https:// and the = (equal) symbol). 

Several volumes in a multivolume work, use the following format:

• Editor. (date). T itle of work (Vols. 1-25). Location (city, state): Publisher.

Example: English, F. W. (Ed.). (2006).  Encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration  (Vols. 1-2). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Always verify formatting of electronically generated citations with either the  Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue , and/or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). You may also consult with a librarian or Writing Center tutor regarding source citation formatting.  Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources .

Journal Article with DOI

• Author, A., & Author, B. (Date). Title of article.  Title of journal ,  volume (issue), page number(s). doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxx

Example:   Berger, I. (2015). Educational leadership with an ethics of plurality and natality.  Studies in Philosophy & Education ,  34 (5),  475-487. doi:10.1007/s11217-014-9448-x

Journal Article with DOI and More than Seven Authors

• Author, 1, Author, 2, Author, 3, Author, 4, Author, 5, Author, 6, . . . last author. (Date). Title of article. Title of journal, volume(issue), page numbers. doi:xx.xxxxxxxxxxxx

Example:   Tengbeh, A. F., Enria, L., Smout, E., Mooney, T., Callaghan, M., Ishola, D., . . . Lees, S. (2018). “We are the heroes because we are ready to die for this country”: Participants' decision-making and grounded ethics in an Ebola vaccine clinical trial.  Social Science & Medicine , 203 , 35-42.  doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.03.008

Journal Article without DOI (when DOI is not available)

• Author, A. (Date). Title of article. Title of journal , volume (issue), page numbers. Retrieved from [insert website URL of journal publisher).
• Author, A. (Date). Title of article .  Title of journal ,  volume (issue), page numbers.

Magazine Article

• Author, A. (Year, Month). Title of article. Title of magazine, volume(issue), page numbers.

Example: Turner, P. (2017, September/October). Catholics and the Protestant Reformation.  Holiness Today ​,  19 (5), 25-27.

Online Magazine Article

• Author., A. (Year, Month). Title of article.  Title of magazine . Retrieved from [insert URL of magazine].

Example: Wapner, J. (2018, June). Could fasting cure diabetes?: Evidence on not eating for long stretches is compelling-and controversial.  Newsweek . Retrieved from https://www.newsweek.com

Newspaper Article

• Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of newspaper , page numbers.

Example: Wright, S. (2018, June 6). Non-native shrimp dumped in the Boise River are thriving.  Idaho Statesman , pp.4A.

Online Newspaper Article

• Author, A. (Year, Month Day). Title of article.  Title of newspaper.  Retrieved from (insert URL of newspaper website)

Example: Myers, S. L., & Perlez, J. (2018, June 6). A medical mystery grows as U.S. consulate workers in China fall ill.  The New York Times . Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com

[Taken from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed., pp. 1 98-200 , section 7.01]

The UptoDate resource is unique in the sense that entries are peer-reviewed (like many journal articles), but it may also be considered an online reference work. The following outlines how you should cite an entry obtained through the UptoDate resource.

Author 1, & Author 2. (date). Title of entry. In first and middle initial last name (Ed.),  UpToDate.  Retrieved month day, year, from url of entry.

Twaddle, M. L., & McCormick, E. (2016). Palliative care delivery in the home. In D. M. F. Savarese (Ed.)  UpToDate . Retrieved October 29, 2018, https://www-uptodate-com.nnu.idm.oclc.org/contents/palliative-care-delivery-in-the-home?search=patient%20safety%20and%20bedside%20report&source=search_result&selectedTitle=24~150&usage_type=default&display_rank=24

The corresponding intext reference would be: (Twaddle & McCormick, 2016)

• APA Blog Entry for UpToDate

Always verify formatting of electronically generated citations with either the  Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue , and/or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). You may also consult with a librarian or Writing Center tutor regarding source citation formatting.  Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources .

Doctoral Dissertation and Master's Thesis

• Author, A. (Year). Title of doctoral dissertation or master's thesis (Doctoral dissertation or master's thesis). Retrieved from Name of database (Accession or Order No.)

Unpublished Dissertation or Thesis

• Author, A. (Year).  Title of doctoral dissertation or master's thesis  (Unpublished doctoral dissertation or master's thesis). Name of institution. Location.

Doctoral dissertation , from an institutional database

Author, A. (Year).  Title of doctoral dissertation or master's thesis  (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from (insert source link)

From a Commercial Database

Hunt, J. J. (2009).  Characteristics of latinos with no usual source of care . Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global  (Order No. 3481360).

From an Institutional Database

Sullivan, W. D. (2017). A case study exploring international student engagement at small, private colleges. Retrieved from https://nnu.whdl.org

[Taken from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed., pp. 207-208 , section 7.05]

Always verify formatting of electronically generated citations with either the  Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue , and/or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). You may also  consult with a librarian  or  Writing Center  tutor regarding source citation formatting.  Make sure to double space and insert the hanging indent for all sources .

YouTube Videos

Author, A. (person or organization who posted the video) (Year, Month Day video posted). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from (insert URL for the video)

Example: Mind, the mental health charity.  (2014, October 8). Mental health: In our own words [Video file]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ y97VF5UJcc

Author, A. (speaker) (Year, Month). Title of video [Video file]. Retrieved from (insert URL of video).

Example:  Blum, N. (2017, January 19). The mental health system: A call for change [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI9Ddz0yW7o

For more information on citing a TedTalk, refer to the APA Blog

[Taken from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed., p.215 , section 7.11 #77; and the APA Blog ]

ERIC Documents (ED)

• Author, A. (Year).  Document title . Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED######)

Example:  Cochrane, T., Antonczak, L., Guinibert, M., & Mulrennan, D. (2014). Developing a mobile social media framework for creative pedagogies. Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED557171)

NOTE: If the item in the ERIC database has an EJ before the number it is a journal article. Cite it as a journal article, not as an ERIC document.

[Taken from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed., p. 212 , section 7.09, #62]

There are a few ways for citing sources pulled from the Web. Listed below are a few examples:

Webpage or Portion of Online Content

Author, A. A. & Author B. B. (Date of publication). Title of page [Format description when necessary].

         Retrieved from  https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Elwell, N. (n.d.). Gender. Retrieved from https://www.wri.org/our-work/topics/gender

Chapter/Section of a Web Document or Online Book Chapter

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of article. In  Title of book or larger document  (chapter

         or section number). Retrieved from https://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

1.  Engelshcall, R. S. (1997). Module mod_rewrite: URL Rewriting Engine. In  Apache HTTP Server version 1.3

        documentation  (Apache modules). Retrieved from https://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html

2.  Peckinpaugh, J. (2003). Change in the Nineties. In J. S. Bough and G. B. DuBois (Eds.),  A century of growth in

         America .  Retrieved from GoldStar database.

Note: Include an identifier for the chapter or section and a URL that points directly to the referenced item rather than to the main website.

United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. (2008).  Indiana income limits  [Data file]. Retrieved from

      https://www.huduser.org/Datasets/IL/IL08/in_fy2008.pdf

Blog (Weblog) or Video Blog Posts

J Dean. (2008, May 7). When the self emerges: Is that me in the mirror? [web log comment]. Retrieved from

      https://www.spring.org.uk/ the1sttransport

Psychology Video Blog #3 [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqM90eQi5-M

Note: If the author's name is not available, use the screen name.

Information taken from: Purdue Online Writing Lab (APA)  and the APA Publication Manual, page 205 (entry #29), page 211 (entry #54), and page 215 (entries #76 and #77).

APA Formatting for Papers, Dissertations, and Theses (6th ed.)

• Intext Citations
• Submitting Your Dissertation to ETD

Basic format rules for APA papers

• APA preferred typeface and font: Times New Roman, 12-point font.
• One-inch margins . Indent first word of each paragraph 5 spaces (one-half inch) from left margin.
• Double-space throughout.
• Running heads
• Figures and Tables
• Insert a hanging indent in Google Docs
• Insert a hanging indent in Word
• Sample APA-style Paper (courtesy of OWL Purdue) 

This 4 minute, 56 second video demonstrates how to create a template for APA-style margins, title page, and running heads.

Citing sources intext using APA-style can be confusing. The following text provides some examples. Additionally, the web links below provide some additional information on intext citations

Intext, or parenthetical references :

Use one of the following formats when citing a source in the context of a discussion board post, blog, or paper. The first two examples are if the idea of from the source is being paraphrased; the last two examples are if the source is directly quoted:

• Smith (2011) indicated that .......
• .............. (Smith, 2011).
• According to Smith (2011), ".............." (p.#).
• "...................." (Smith, 2011, p.#).

If you are including more than one citation in the parens ( ), the citations should be alphabetized and separated by a semicolon:

• (Abbot & Sims, 2011; Frank, 2014; Hapy & Gunter, 2014)
• CiteFast, APA-style Intext Citations
• APA Quick Citation Guide, Library Guides at Penn State University
• APA-style Intext Citing of a Web Source
• The Proper Use of Et Al. in APA-style

This exercise will take you step-by-step through the mechanics of formatting your manuscript so that it conforms to the APA 6th edition and also the NNU Guidelines required for submitting a dissertation or master's thesis for publication to your program and to the NNU Library for publication. 

1. Download the sample  doc  and open in Word.

2. Open up the  APA Formatting  exercise in another window and/or watch the video tutorials.  Follow these instructions carefully and apply each step to the "sample Doc" that you have opened in Word.  Each heading in the exercise is also a link to the animated tutorial demonstrating exactly how to do each step.  Follow these instructions in the order given and you will be on your way! 

All of these video tutorials are based on Microsoft Office Word 2010 for PC

• Modifying the document layout  (changing margins, font, alignment of title page)
• Inserting manual page breaks and section breaks  (title,abstract, table of contents, and body)
• Inserting page numbers in the footer  (switching from Roman to Arabic, or no page numbers)
• Creating reusable styles to conform to APA Heading types
• Formatting entire document for APA style
• Inserting citations and creating reference /bibliography page  
• Creating table of contents  (so that page numbers align)
• Saving as a template for future use

NNU uses the ProQuest/UMI online tool for submitting your dissertations to your advisory and chair.  This tool manages the review, clearing, and publishing of your manuscript in the most efficient fashion .  Check with your department or program coordinator for deadlines and submission guidelines specific to your program. 

Video Tutorials - How to Submit your manuscript online  (temporarily disabled)

Written instructions for submitting the manuscript online

Support and Resources for online submission

Ready?   Submit and Upload your dissertation/thesis to your NNU Program Administrator  here

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• The OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides a wealth of information for the student writer. Use the Research and Citation link for further information on APA, Chicago, and MLA citation styles.

Reference Examples (7th ed.)

• Author, A. A. (date).  Title of work . Publisher.
• Author, A. A. (date).  Title of work . https://www.xxxxxxxxxx 

Example:  Cunningham, H. (1995).  God and Caesar at the Rio Grande: Sanctuary and the politics of religion.  University of Minnesota Press. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=56538&site=ehost-live&scope=site

• Editor, A. A. (Ed.). (date).  Title of work . Publisher.
• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-xxx). Publisher.
• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-  xxx). https://www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-xxx). (doi ID)xxxxxxxxxxx
• Title of entry. (date).  In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-xxx). Publisher.

[Taken from page 202, section 7.02, in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed.]

• Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (date). Title of chapter or entry. In A. Editor, B. Editor, & C. Editor (Eds.),  Title of book  (pp. xxx-xxx). Publisher.

Example : Portes, P. R. (1996). Ethnicity and culture in educational psychology. In D. C. Berliner & R. C. Calfee (eds.),  Handbook of educational psychology  (pp. 331-357). Macmillan Library Reference.

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Apa style (7th edition) resources, social sciences & data literacy librarian.

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers detailed information about the most common citation formats:  APA ,  MLA , and  Chicago Manual of Style . These links will take you to general format information. Use the left sidebar on the Purdue OWL page to find more specific information about citation styles for different types of sources.

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APA Style guidelines  for citing ChatGPT.

Much like the policies on using Generative AI, like ChatGPT, the citation requirements for GenAI will vary from course to course. Always check with your professor for their AI citation expectations.

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