APA HELP SHEET

All Pages 1 margins, 12 font, Times New Roman or Arial font, double spaced Title Page Running Head: SHORTENED TITLE OF PAPER IN ALL CAPS (upper left corner) see * below 1 (page number alone in upper right corner) Title, Name, Institution (double spaced and centered on title page), date Abstract An abstract is not required for this assignment. If it was, the appropriate page number and running head are also included on this page. First Page of Body *The words, Running Head, are removed from the running head and only the shortened title in all caps remains in the upper left corner. 2 should appear on second page in upper right corner (without quotation marks) The full title is centered at the top of the page (after the header), without bold or underline The introduction is the first paragraph without being labeled introduction. Headings The primary headings are bold and centered. Secondary headings (under the primary headings) are left and bold. Conclusion The conclusion is labeled, Conclusion. Citations and References All information (quotes, music, books, etc.) must be cited in the paper with the authors last name and year (Luedtke, 2011). If theres a direct quote, the page number should also be included (Luedtke, 2011, p. 122). All citations must have a reference on the reference page. There should be no references on the Reference page if they are not cited in the paper. References are labeled References (center, no underline or bold) and alphabetized according to the authors last name. They are double spaced and the second line of a reference is indented.
16PF. (2012). Personal Career Development Profile. Champaign, IL: IPAT. Allport, G.W. & Ross, J.M. (1967). Religious orientation scale: Revised interpretation. Ciccarelli, S.K. & Meyer, G.E. (2007). Psychology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice Hall. Meyers-BriggsType Indicator. (2011). Interpretive report prepared for __(your name)___. Palo Alto, CA: CPP. Paloutizian, R.F. & Ellison, C.W. (1991). Spiritual well-being scale interpretation.

The title is italicized. Only the first word in the title is capitalized (unless a proper name occurs in the title) and the first word after a colon is capitalized in the title. The Bible usually does not need to be listed in the reference list since its a classic work. It does need to be cited in the paper with the reference to the book, chapter, and verse used.

Good resources for APA style writing American Psychological Association - http://www.apastyle.org/ Purdues OWL - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/03/ *In a Word document, if the cursor is in the header, there should be a box to check that says, Different first page, which is helpful because the running head changes.