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Title of Paper Goes Here with First Letter of Every Word Capitalised

Student ID:

Subject Code:

Subject:

Due Date:

Date submitted:

Word Limit:

Actual Word Count:

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Title of Paper Gets Repeated Here Exactly as It Appears On Title Page

You can begin typing your essay anywhere on this page. The document template will

automatically format your writing to be double spaced and compliant with font, indentations etc.

This paragraph is your Introduction section. Note that the title of your paper appears at the top of

your introduction even though other sections begin with headings like “Method”, “Results” and

so on. The rest of the text in this template provides hints about properly generating all the parts

of your APA-formatted paper. Please save this Word document on your computer and create a

copy of this document to edit for your future assessments.

APA style specifies that major components of the paper (abstract, body, references, etc.)

each begin on a new page with the heading centered at the top of the page. The body of the text

is typically divided into sections with headings as per the requirements of your submission (see

sample at http://www.apastyle.org/manual/related/sample-experiment-paper-1.pdf). If you are

not using a professional referencing software such as EndNote or similar, please review

recommended APA style websites from the hyperlinks provided in the reference list on how to

format your in-text references (American Psychological Association, 2019b; Purdue University,

2018).

A sample APA style journal article is provided below from an imaginary article, written

by an imaginary author (Author, 2019). Do note that this is only a guideline template that is

intended to support your writing and is not wholly authoritative in nature. In case of any

confusion, please refer to the APA publication web pages (American Psychological Association,

2019a) or the APA style blog for further guidance. The APA style blog offers support from APA

style experts and an extensive discussion board that is updated weekly (American Psychological

Association, 2019b).
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Sections in your writing can be divided into subsections with headings as indicated. The

use of headings as appropriate for your assessments may be useful to guide the reader/marker

through your written work (Purdue University, 2018). Some sample headings are provided below

for your reference.

Heading Level 1

Heading Level 2

Heading Level 3.

Heading Level 4.

Heading Level 5

Use of Software and Cloud Backup

Each student account has access to a range of software including Microsoft Office 365

which includes the license to install MS Office: (Word, PowerPoint etc.) on up to 5

computers/mobile devices. https://studentit.unimelb.edu.au/study/software-

locations#downloadable-software. Further, you have access to 1 Terabyte (TB) of cloud storage

with Microsoft OneDrive as part of this subscription and you are strongly encouraged to use this

platform to back up your assessments etc. in the cloud.

Computer failure will NOT be considered a valid reason for the late submission of

assessment, and extensions will not be granted as a result of computer failure. Software crashes,

disk failures and printing difficulties are an unavoidable aspect of using IT technology and

should be anticipated and planned for (The University of Melbourne, 2019).

Using EndNote software will save you a lot of time formatting and using your references

when writing your written assessments in this course. The software is free to download via the

university webpages: https://library.unimelb.edu.au/reference-management/tools/endnote. First

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time uses often encounter a frustrating feature when using multiple EndNote libraries. When

using EndNote please remember to have only one EndNote folder stored on your computer. Do

not create multiple EndNote folders or libraries as this will disconnect your reference lists and

create issues for your writing later (The University of Melbourne, 2018). You can create

‘groups’ within your main EndNote library for your references for each topic as relevant.

Important: Do not store your EndNote file/folder on cloud-syncing folders such as

OneDrive, DropBox, iCloud, etc. as this is currently known to corrupt your EndNote files. Save

your EndNote file locally on your computer hard drive and back this up on a regular basis in

various other (computer/usb) devices (The University of Melbourne, 2018).

Writing your References Section

APA style uses the "hanging indent" style for references. The easiest way to create

hanging indents is to type each reference without worrying about the hanging indent. Then,

when you are finished, select all the references at once (and nothing else) and apply the hanging

indent. Microsoft web pages illustrate how you can easily create a hanging indent for your

reference list. Please see the Microsoft Office website in the reference list for specific detail

(Microsoft, 2019).

Alternatively, if you are using EndNote software, the software will automatically

populate your reference list for you. The reference list will need to be double spaced. EndNote

by default does not double space your reference list. To enable this double-spacing feature in

your essay reference list, follow these steps outlined. Click on the EndNote tab on the top of

your Microsoft Word Document. You will notice a downward pointing tiny arrow below

“Instant Formatting is On” – Click on this arrow. A new window will pop up. In the new

window, please click on the ‘Layout’ tab. Here you can change the font and line spacing options
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for the bibliography. Clarivate Analytics (2018) outline how you can adapt previous versions of

Microsoft Word to achieve this double-spacing feature. Please see the weblink for this

organization (Clarivate Analytics) from your reference list below on how to double space your

reference list.

Conclusion

The aim of your conclusion paragraph(s) should be to restate your assessment topic or its

key focus, restate your claims, interpretations or judgements, and summarise opposing views to

your argument/discussion. Avoid introducing new ideas or using references in your conclusion

section. This sample paper provides you with a brief outline of how you can set out your written

assessment that is APA compliant. The conclusion section may suggest directions for future

research on the topic.

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References

American Psychological Association. (2019a). Academic Writer. Retrieved from

https://www.apastyle.org/

American Psychological Association. (2019b). APA Style Blog. Retrieved from

https://blog.apastyle.org/

Author, R. (2019). A beginners sample template to APA style compliant writing. Student Help,

111(1), 1-2.

Clarivate Analytics. (2018). EndNote: Changing line-spacing in the bibliography. Retrieved from

https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-Changing-line-spacing-in-the-

bibliography?language=en_US

Microsoft. (2019). Create a hanging indent. Retrieved from https://support.office.com/en-

us/article/create-a-hanging-indent-7bdfb86a-c714-41a8-ac7a-3782a91ccad5

Purdue University. (2018). APA Headings and Seriation. Retrieved from

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_g

uide/apa_headings_and_seriation.html

The University of Melbourne. (2018). Storing Endnote libraries. Retrieved from

http://unimelb.libguides.com/endnote/tips

The University of Melbourne. (2019). Student Assessment Extension Application. Retrieved

from https://healthsciences.unimelb.edu.au/student-assessment-extension-application