CAPITALIZATION:

Within the body of the paper, capitalize only the main words in titles and headings:

• Capitalize verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns.
  
  
• Do NOT capitalize conjunctions, articles, and short prepositions; however, do capitalize all words that are four letters or more.
  
  
• Capitalize a hyphenated compound (eg., Long-Term).
  
  
• Capitalize the first word after a colon or a dash.

On the reference page, follow the reference list guidelines:

• Capitalize only the first word, the first word after a colon or a dash, and proper nouns of books and articles.
  
  
• For more information on capitalization, please refer to pp. 94-100 of the APA Publication Manual, 5th edition.

SPACING:

Use one space after all punctuation. This includes:

• commas, colons, semicolons
  
  
• punctuation at the end of a sentence
  
  
• periods that separate parts of a reference citation
  
  
• periods after the initials of a person’s name (S. R. Mansfield)
  
  Do NOT include a space after periods in abbreviations (e.g., U.S., p.m.).