APA Style

Your Instructor Is ALWAYS Right!

 8 ½” x 11” paper  Double-space EVERYTHING  10/12 pt. Times New Roman font, left aligned  2 spaces after punctuation  1 inch margins, all around  Indent paragraphs 1” (first line only)  Header (running head) – 50 characters max. ◦ Title-ALL CAPS ◦ Page number-upper right corner

 Page Header (use Insert Page Header) ◦ Running Head: TITLE IN ALL CAPS ◦ Page number flush, upper right  Title ◦ Upper half of page, centered, double-spaced  Title-12 words max  No abbreviations  1 or 2 lines  Your Name-no titles or degrees  Concorde Career College

 Page Header ◦ Do not include “running head” ◦ TITLE IN ALL CAPS ◦ Page number flush upper right  Abstract ◦ Centered, top of page ◦ No bold, italics, underline, quotation marks ◦ No indent ◦ word summary of paper (one paragraph)  Accurate  Concise  Specific ◦ Keywords, optional  Indent  Keywords:

 Title ◦ Top ◦ Centered  Content ◦ Indent 1” ◦ Double-space ◦ No breaks  Citations ◦ Intext ◦ parenthetical

 References (no bold, italics, underline) ◦ Top of page ◦ Centered  Double-space  Hanging indent  Alphabetical, by author

 Last name, Initial.  Alphabetize by last name of first author  Capitalize only first word of title and subtitle, first word after a colon or dash in the title and proper nouns  Do not capitalize the second word in a hyphenated compound word  Capitalize major words in journal titles  Italicize titles of longer works (books, journals)  Do not italicize shorter works (articles, essays)

And More!

 Gale Resources  PubMed Central  Local Libraries (Need card and PIN) ◦ Kansas City Missouri Public Library ◦ Kansas City Kansas Public Library ◦ Mid Continent Public Library ◦ Johnson County Public Library  Google Scholar

Gale PowerSearch  Limiters ◦ Full Text ◦ Peer Reviewed  Search Type ◦ Keyword ◦ Subject ◦ Publication Title ◦ Entire Document  Limit Results  Format  Advanced Search ◦ AND- limits results ◦ OR- expands results  Citations

 PubMed Central (tutorials)  Public Libraries (ask librarians for assistance)  Google Scholar ◦ Scholarly articles online ◦ Related works, citations, authors, and publications  LRC ◦ Catalog ◦ Current Periodicals

Let’s Get Organized!

 FIRST LEVEL HEADINGS—ALL CAPS ◦ Secondary and beyond—Upper and lower case ◦ Sample outline: _544.pdf _544.pdf

 Parallelism ◦ Headings and subheadings should preserve parallel structure ◦ Example: I.CHOOSE DESIRED COLLEGE II.PREPARE APPLICATION

 Coordination ◦ Heading levels should indicate same level of significance of information ◦ Example: A. Visit and evaluate college campuses B. Visit and evaluate college websites 1. Look for interesting classes 2. Note important statistics

 Subordination ◦ Headings-more general ◦ Subheadings-more specific ◦ Example: a. Describe an influential person in your life (1) Favorite high school teacher (2) Grandparent b. Describe a challenging life event

 Division ◦ Every heading should have 2 or more parts ◦ Example: A. List relevant coursework B. List work experience C. List volunteer experience 1. Tutor at foreign language summer camp 2. Counselor for suicide prevention hotline

 Determine purpose of paper  Determine audience  Develop thesis statement ◦ one- or two-sentence condensation of the argument or analysis that is to follow  to test your ideas by distilling them into a sentence or two  to better organize and develop your argument  to provide your reader with a “guide” to your argument

 Brainstorm ◦ Ideas to include  Organize ◦ Group related ideas  Order ◦ Arrange subsections  General to specific  Abstract to concrete  Label ◦ Create main and sub headings Sample Outline: 48_544.pdf

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