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APSA Style: Where Does It Come From?
The abbreviation comes from the American Political Science Association (founded in 1903) – the institution that organizes professional study of political science and brings together people dealing with politics.
PSA Style: Resources
- the style Manual for Political Science (1993)
- the Chicago Manual of style, 14th edition (1993)
APSA Style: Basic Rules
- use parenthetical in-text citations for the sources you have referred to or cited
- provide a list of references at the end of your paper
APSA Style: Citing
- citing one author include the name of the author and the year of publication
- citing a direct quote also include a page number
- citing an entire article or book omit the page number
- citing two or three authors include all of their names
- citing four or more authors include only the first author’s name, for others use “et al.”
- citing from electronic resources include author, year and, if available, the page number
APSA Style: Title Page
- descriptive and short (up to 12 words)
- includes the title of the paper, the author, the name and number of the class, the date of submission and the professor’s name
APSA Style: Abstract
- the length is up to 150 words
- summarizes your paper, admitting major points of the work done
- typed on a separate page
APSA Style: Format
- one inch margins
- double-spaced text
- centered page numbers at the bottom of each page
APSA Style: Italics
- use italics only for unusual words
APSA Style: Language
- avoid gender-specific language
APSA Style: Abbreviations And Contractions
- avoid contractions
- use only standard abbreviations
APSA Style: Notes
- placed at the end of the paper
- correspond to the numbers used within the text
- present explanatory material