2. The Importance of Making the Proper
Formatting
As the untooled diamond is not a precious stone, your research
paper without formatting is not a finished document to be shown
to anyone as well.
After you have finished the writing and checking of your paper,
you are to make it look like a real formal document.
Below you will find a detailed instruction on how to make a
proper formatting in this style.
3. The title page
APA style always requires a title page.
The running header on the first page should
look like: «Running head: Endangered
Species». All the additional pages should
contain only title «ENDANGERED SPECIES»
as a running header.
The page number should be on every page in
the right top corner.
The title of your paper should be situated in the
center of the front page.
After the title of your paper you are to put your
name and the name of your college (centered,
double-spaced and each on the new line).
Below these information you should write the
name of the course, the name of your professor
and the date.
4. Abstract
Abstracts may be not used in
writing different assignments,
but in case of a research paper
they are highly recommended.
The word «Abstract» should be
centered on the top of the
second page.
The indent shouldn't be used in
the first line of an abstract -
this section of a research paper
should look like a text block.
5. The paper itself
At the beginning of the main body of your
paper you should write the full name of your
work (centered).
Your paper should be double-spaced, written
in Times font, have 1-inch margins from all
the sides and contain indents to paragraphs
(half-inch or 5-7 spaces).
You may use additional headings in your
research paper; in this case they should be
written in bold, centered and with all major
words capitalized.
Concerning sub-headings the requirements are
the same except for the fact that they should be
left hand justified.
6. If you need to provide
additional information which
shouldn’t be used in the paper
itself, you may use footnotes.
To add the footnote you are to
put a superscripted number near
the word and add the paper of
footnotes in the end of your
document.
7. References
Make sure that you have centered
the word «References» on the top
of your references page.
The distinguishing feature of APA
style is that the sources here are
listed alphabetically by the author.
The first line of each reference
shouldn’t contain any indents, all
the following ones should begin
half-inch from the right margin.
8. Appendix
If you need to include any tables, graphs or pictures you may
include them in this section.
The word «Appendix» should be centered on the top of the page.
If you have several appendices, each one should appear on a new
page and be named «Appendix A», «Appendix B» and so on.
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