APA Citation Help, 7th Edition for Medicine, Nursing, & Health Sciences

Formatting a Paper in APA Format

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Appendices

More detailed Information on appendices can be found on pages 41 & 42 of the APA manual.


General Guidelines

  1. Each appendix should begin on separate page after all other materials, including tables and figures. 
  2. Each appendix receives a label and a title. If there is a single appendix, the label is simply Appendix. If there is more than one, Use capital letters to define them. Example: Appendix A 
  3. All appendices should be mentioned at least once in the text by their label. Example: "see Appendix C" 
  4. Appendices should appear in the order they are mentioned in the body of the paper. 
  5. On their first pages, the appendix label and title should appear Bold and centered on SEPARATE lines at top of the page. Both should use title case.
  6. An appendix may contain text, tables, figures, or a combination.
    1. If it contains tables or figures, label each with a number preceded by the letter of the appendix. Example: Table A3. If there is a single appendix, use the letter A. 

PLEASE NOTE: If the appendix consists of a single table or figure and no other elements, then the appendix label and title are also used as the figure label without the word figure or table preceding it. Example: Appendix B: Births in Connecticut, 2021-2024

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