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Paul Roe
Southern Illinoi "ni)erit$ Ed*ard)ille
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to reear#h aitant and #onta#t infor&ation for the author *ho *ill handle re3uet0 I ha)e a
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*ith uggeted i&pro)e&ent4 I.& orr$ I #an.t a#1no*ledge $ou all here0 Se#ond2 $ou are
here,$ granted per&iion to ue thi do#u&ent for learning and reear#h purpoe0 5ou &a$ not
ell thi do#u&ent either ,$ itelf or in #o&,ination *ith other produ#t or er)i#e0 Third2 if $ou
ue thi do#u&ent2 $ou ue it at $our o*n ri10 The do#u&ent. a##ura#$ and afet$ ha)e ,een
thoroughl$ e)aluated2 ,ut the$ are not guaranteed0 %ourth2 if $ou find thi do#u&ent helpful2 I
don.t *ant $our &one$2 ,ut I *ould ,e grateful if $ou *ould #li#1 on thi "RL:
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*hat i &ore i&portant i that it re#ord #li#18through data that gi)e &e an idea of ho* &an$
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A,tra#t
An a,tra#t i a ingle paragraph2 *ithout indentation2 that u&&ari;e the 1e$ point of the
&anu#ript in 150 to :50 *ord0 %or i&pler paper in Paul Roe. #lae2 a o&e*hat horter
a,tra#t i fine0 The purpoe of the a,tra#t i to pro)ide the reader *ith a ,rief o)er)ie* of the
paper0 !hen in dou,t a,out a rule2 #he#1 the i'th edition APA &anual rather than rel$ing on thi
te&plate0 -I prefer onl$ one pa#e after a period2 ,ut t*o pa#e are uggeted ,$ the i'th8
edition APA &anual at the top of page <<0/ Thi do#u&ent ha a hitor$ that #o&pel &e to gi)e
#redit *here it. due0 =an$ $ear ago I do*nloaded a fifth8edition te&plate fro& an unpe#ified
author. *e, ite at +orth#entral "ni)erit$0 I &odified the te&plate e'teni)el$ and repeatedl$
for &$ o*n purpoe and in the earl$ $ear I hared &$ highl$8&odified te&plate onl$ *ith &$
o*n tudent0 >$ no*2 I ha)e edited thi do#u&ent o &an$ ti&e in o &an$ *a$ that the
#urrent te&plate ,ear )irtuall$ no i&ilarit$ to the old +orth#entral do#u&ent0 I *ant to ,e
#lear2 ho*e)er2 that I a& in de,t to an un1no*n author *ho pared &e the in#on)enien#e of
ha)ing to #reate &$ o*n te&plate fro& #rat#h0
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Title of Paper Get Repeated Here E'a#tl$ A It Appear On Title Page
Thi i *here the ,od$ of $our paper ,egin0 +ote that the title of $our paper appear at
the top of $our introdu#tion e)en though other e#tion ,egin *ith heading li1e @=ethodA2
@ReultA and o on0 The ret of the te't in thi te&plate pro)ide hint a,out properl$
generating the part of $our APA8for&atted paper0 +oti#e that there i no e'tra pa#ing ,et*een
the paragraph or e#tion0
The &aBor #o&ponent of $our paper -a,tra#t2 ,od$2 referen#e2 et#0/ ea#h ,egin on a
ne* page0 Thee #o&ponent ,egin *ith #entered heading at the top of the firt page0 -5ou #an
ee ho* &aBor #o&ponent of te't get di)ided in thi freel$ a)aila,le a&ple do#u&ent:
http:66***0apat$le0org6&anual6related6a&ple8e'peri&ent8paper810pdf /0 So&e paper ha)e
&ultiple tudie in the& o the ,od$ #ould ha)e &ultiple e#tion and u,e#tion *ithin it0
Se#tion #an ha)e u,e#tion *ith heading0 %or e'a&ple2 a =ethod e#tion &ight ha)e
Parti#ipant2 =aterial2 and Pro#edure u,e#tion0 The i'th of the APA &anual2 unli1e earlier
edition2 tell $ou to ,old heading -,ut not the title a,o)e or an$thing on the title page/0 >elo*
are e'a&ple0
Heading Level 1
Heading Level 2
Heading level 3. -+ote the indent and period2 and note ho* the #apitali;ation *or10 5ou
*ill pro,a,l$ ne)er go deeper than the third heading le)el0/
Heading level 4.
Heading level 5.
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Citations and References
Che#1 $our aigned reading &aterial for rule a,out #itation -*hi#h o##ur *ithin the
te't of the paper/ and referen#e -*hi#h are lited in their o*n eparate e#tion at the end of the
paper/0 Re&e&,er that $ou #an find a lot of an*er to for&atting 3uetion *ith a #areful
online ear#h0 !hen $ou.re loo1ing at infor&ation online2 $ou &a$ *ant to #onider *here the
infor&ation i #o&ing fro&2 *hether the infor&ation &ight refer to an older edition of APA
for&at and *hether other online our#e agree *ith the infor&ation $ou.)e found0 !hen in
dou,t2 follo* the latet edition of the APA &anual0
About a References Section
An e'a&ple of a Referen#e e#tion i on the ne't page0 Ta1e note of the Dhanging
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#reate hanging indent i to t$pe $our referen#e *ithout *orr$ing a,out indentation and *hen
$ou are finihed2 ele#t all the referen#e at on#e and appl$ the hanging indent uing the ruler at
the top0
=an$ APA for&at rule are not &entioned or de&ontrated in thi do#u&ent0 5ou hould
plan to pend a lot of ti&e loo1ing up for&atting rule2 But li1e $our profeor do *hen the$
*rite paper0 If APA for&atting i dri)ing $ou #ra;$ and $ou *ant a ditra#tion2 ho* a,out
alle)iating people. uffering *ith a i&ple #li#1E Che#1 out The Hunger Site
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Referen#e
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