Formatting a Research Paper Lesson 10 #1.10

Formatting a Research Paper Word has made it easy for you to format your research paper, add and manage your sources, select a style, insert a Bibliography, insert Captions, create a Table of Contents, and add Footnotes and Endnotes. You must cite your sources to avoid plagiarism. Compromising your work by copying a majority of the content and taking credit for it is plagiarism .

Styles for a Research Paper You can choose from many different reference styles when formatting your citations, sources, and bibliography. The most common are: American Psychological Association (APA) Modern Language Association (MLA) The Modern Language Association (MLA) style has been adopted as the style of choice by many colleges, universities, and schools.

Citations Word 2013 has a feature that allows the user to insert correctly formatted citations: When you cite a source, you do so at the relevant location within the text. Word enables you to insert a citation and create a source at the same time. Located on the References Tab, Citations & Bibliography Group Citation: Credit a source of information by citing the book, article or other material it comes from. Source: The place in which you retrieved your information from, so the reader can find the original work.

Works Cited/Bibliography Works Cited: Lists all of the sources and is placed at the end of the document Word provides a gallery of formats from which to choose and enables you to automatically generate a Bibliography/Works Cited page

Works Cited/Bibliography Each time you create a new source, the information is saved on your computer in a master list Key the appropriate source information in the dialog box

Captions A line of text that describes an object or picture Word can automatically add captions in your document when you have tables, figures, or other objects or you can manually add captions. Once you have added a caption you can reference your object anywhere in your document by inserting a cross-reference

Header/Footers Located on Insert Ribbon in the Header & Footer Group Header: Content that appears on the top of every the page Footer: Content that appears on the bottom of every the page

Uses of Footnotes & Endnotes Located on the References Ribbon in the Footnotes Group Footnotes and Endnotes are types of citations used in printed documents to explain, comment on, or provide references for text in a document Footnotes add a note at the bottom of the page providing more information about something in your document Endnotes are often used for detailed comments and endnotes for citation of sources; a superscripted number are added to text to refer to an endnote

What’s the difference? Footnotes are inserted at the bottom (or “foot”) of the page in which the reference/citation occurs Endnotes are inserted at the end of the document

Footnotes and Endnotes MLA Style Footnote: Single Spaced Hanging Indent MLA Style Endnote: Double Spaced No Hanging Indent

What is Table of Contents? Located on the References Tab in the Table of Contents Group Table of Contents is a ordered list of the headings/parts of a book or document organized in the order in which the parts appear by page number Appears at the beginning of the document after the Title Page Tab Leaders: symbols that appear in a Table of Contents between a topic and the corresponding page numbers

Table of Contents Easiest way to create is by using the built-in gallery of Styles and Heading Styles For example, Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3 — to the text that you want to include in the Table of Contents Word searches for those headings and then automatically inserts the Table of Contents into your document

Manual vs. Automatic Manual Table of Contents: Allows the user to create and customize a Table of Contents Automatic Table of Contents: Allows the user to insert a preformatted Table of Contents

Title Page A Title Page appears at the beginning of the document with the title of the document, followed by your name and school name. A Title Page is placed before the Table of Contents. A Title Page should be separated from the rest of the document with a section break, so you can apply formatting that will not affect the whole document.

Hyperlinks A hyperlink is a way to jump from one location to another. It can be in the same document or to an external location. Located on the Insert Tab in the Links Group Links to a file, website, email, or place in the document Links to email will open Microsoft Outlook Can be applied to text or pictures

Hyperlinks Usually underlined in blue Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + K Changes to purple once clicked Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + K

Hyperlink Hyperlinks can also be added to a research paper or any documents that require a link to help the reader quickly find the source you are referring to in your document. To follow a hyperlink, move your mouse over the link, press the Control key and click on the link To remove a hyperlink, right click and go to Remove Hyperlink on the shortcut menu

Bookmark Insert Ribbon > Links Group > Bookmark A bookmark is a reference point, a location, or a selection of text that you name and identify for future reference Works with Hyperlinks to let you move to a specific place in your document Creates a Bookmark (similar to favorites in Internet Explorer) Allows you to come back to a particular section of words in the future – can use the Go To command to locate Bookmark Names must begin with a letter and contain no spaces