Apa Devry
Running Head: LEARNING TO FORMAT PAPERS
Learning to Format Papers
in APA Style
Susie Student
ENGL 135-C
January 10, 2002
DeVry University
APA Documentation
General Format
Your paper should be typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5 X 11 inches) with margins of 1 inch on all sides. Your final paper should include, in the order indicated below, as many of the following sections as are applicable, each of which should begin on a separate page: • title page, which includes a running head for publication (also set “header” so the running head title appears on each page with page number), title, name, class, date, and school • abstract • text • references • appendixes • author note • footnotes/endnotes • tables • figure captions • figures Consecutively number the pages of your manuscript, beginning with the title page, as part of the manuscript header in the upper right corner of each page. Your references should begin on a separate page from the text of the essay with the title References (with no quotation marks, underlining, etc.), centered at the top of the page. Similarly format appendices and notes. Look at the title page for this handout. Note how it includes the running head and page number in the upper right hand corner, defines the running head that will title all manuscript pages, and centers the title in the middle of the page. If your professor requires a different format for the title page, without question follow the professor’s guidelines. Documentation Any time you use information from a source, whether you paraphrase, summarize, or quote it, you must document the source. Documentation includes two parts: parenthetical (also
Learning to Format Papers
in APA Style
Susie Student
ENGL 135-C
January 10, 2002
DeVry University
APA Documentation
General Format
Your paper should be typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5 X 11 inches) with margins of 1 inch on all sides. Your final paper should include, in the order indicated below, as many of the following sections as are applicable, each of which should begin on a separate page: • title page, which includes a running head for publication (also set “header” so the running head title appears on each page with page number), title, name, class, date, and school • abstract • text • references • appendixes • author note • footnotes/endnotes • tables • figure captions • figures Consecutively number the pages of your manuscript, beginning with the title page, as part of the manuscript header in the upper right corner of each page. Your references should begin on a separate page from the text of the essay with the title References (with no quotation marks, underlining, etc.), centered at the top of the page. Similarly format appendices and notes. Look at the title page for this handout. Note how it includes the running head and page number in the upper right hand corner, defines the running head that will title all manuscript pages, and centers the title in the middle of the page. If your professor requires a different format for the title page, without question follow the professor’s guidelines. Documentation Any time you use information from a source, whether you paraphrase, summarize, or quote it, you must document the source. Documentation includes two parts: parenthetical (also
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