Questions about what headings are and how you use them properly? Don’t fret—there’s help available. Click here for information and examples about how to use headings.
Heading Levels
Confused on how to format a list? You can’t use bullets—here’s a good outline of how to use seriation to create lists in your text.
Seriation Powerpoint presentation
Formatting tables and figures can be extremely confusing, but it doesn't have to be. Look here for a helpful guide on formatting them without making yourself crazy.
Tables and Figures
This helpful document offers concise summations of the most common rules Walden students need. We highly suggest printing this out as a quick reference as you're writing.
Ten Common APA and Walden Nuances (updated September 2007).
The APA Manual is designed primarily for manuscript submission to APA journals. In accordance with chapter 6 in the manual, Walden has a few minor formatting preferences, as outlined here, for course papers and other Walden work.
APA Versus Walden Preferences
Jeff Zuckerman's APA PowerPoint presentation. Walden students and faculty: Save to your hard drive or print as you wish; note, though, that you may be prompted by such software as Real Download. Others, please contact Walden for permission to download or print.
APA Powerpoint presentation
APA Workshop
Walden faculty member Dr. Leslie Bowman has created a fabulous resource for all types of APA issues that arise. This is highly useful whether you have a specific question or you just want to brush up on your APA.
APA Workshop
Great information from the source itself.
APA Frequently Asked Questions
This handy crib sheet is a hyperlinked document that explains some basic APA rules on numbers, capitalization, and citations and reference lists.
University of Wooster Crib Sheet
If your task is to write up the results of your original research in APA style, this site from the University of Washington provides excellent guidelines.
Writing a Research Report
This UW-Madison has some useful material to help you better understand and use APA style.
UW-Madison APA Handbook
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