Question

I am finishing a project paper and have 5 appendices that are full page pre-formatted documents, such as a letter of approval from an IRB, and a color power point slide in landscape format with small white margins. What is the proper APA way to afix the title of these appendices?

Answer 1

Hi kathy.grannan,
When there is one appendix, it is simply labeled Appendix. When there is more than one, assign the words Appendix A , Appendix B , (in your case) through Appendix E to the items organized at the end of your paper.

There is only one item allocated to each Appendix.

Then, when you reference the document in-text, refer to each item as THAT appendix label.

APA does not have a single format for appendices because it will vary due to content. Here is the default (and what is in the 6th ed): to then go with the APA Style & Formatting guidelines. The important thing is CONSISTENCY throughout your paper.

What is meant by defaulting to the APA S&F Guidelines is: follow the rules such as 12pt, Times New Roman font, no quotes, no underline, and no bold for the title. Center it - at the top(1in). Capital letter 'A', the rest of the word lower case.
Much like you would for the References page - in fact, exactly like you would for the References page.

It is your choice (again, depending on content) as to whether you would like to have a blank page titled Appendix A (at the top) preceding your content, or if you would like the heading to be on the same page as the content.

Good luck ! (and) Congratualations ! It sounds like you're in the home stretch !

Best,
imalinguist