Using APA Format

When writing a research paper and using sources in an APA format. When you put a source in your paper you normally put the source after a quote and in parentheses, and the period goes after the parentheses. In the parentheses may also have the author and page number if it came from a book. Many times it is necessary to cite your work when you summarize ideas from more than one source. Then there is the Reference page, the research page is a full list of sources that was used in the paper. Most of the time people put there sources alphabetically. When you write a reference page you write the authors last name followed by his/her first initial. If you choose to have a URL you must use the full URL no matter how long it is.