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APA Research Paper Formatting Guide

This document provides an overview of the APA style format for research papers. It includes sections for the title page, abstract, body, and references. The title page should include a running head, title, author name, and college. The abstract should be a 250 word maximum summary. The body should use 12 point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and indented paragraphs. References should be on a new page, alphabetized, and double spaced with a hanging indent.

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APA Research Paper Formatting Guide

This document provides an overview of the APA style format for research papers. It includes sections for the title page, abstract, body, and references. The title page should include a running head, title, author name, and college. The abstract should be a 250 word maximum summary. The body should use 12 point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and indented paragraphs. References should be on a new page, alphabetized, and double spaced with a hanging indent.

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APA STYLE – RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT

Running head: SHORT TITLE 1 Insert page numbers in the


upper right corner.
TITLE PAGE
Flushed left, the words
Full Version of Your Paper’s Title “Running head” should
only appear on the title page.
Use 12-point After a colon, put in a short
Times New Your Name
version of your paper’s title
Roman font. Student ID _Class Number
in caps.

Center and University of Greenwich (Vietnam)


The short version of your
double space paper’s title should appear
the full title of on all subsequent pages
your paper, (but the words “Running
your name, as head” show up only on the
well as the title page).
college name.

SHORT TITLE 2 The abstract


ABSTRACT succinctly
Abstract summarizes your
paper. It thus
provides a quick
Center the overview of its
word Abstract. focus and main
points.
Do not indent
the first line.

Do not exceed
250 words.
APA STYLE – RESEARCH PAPER FORMAT

SHORT TITLE 3
Page numbers
MIDDLE Insert page numbers in the
upper right corner.

Typeface
12-pt Times New Roman

Line spacing
Double-space between all
lines of the paper.

Paragraphs and
indentation
Indent the first line of every
paragraph.
Text should be flushed left.

SHORT TITLE 8
REFERENCES References
Bonnie, R. J., Jeffries, J. C., Jr., & Low,
P. W. (2000). A case study in the
References
References start on a new page. insanity defense: The trial of John
Center the word References.
Hinckley, Jr. (2nd ed.). New York,
Alphabetical order NY: Foundation Press.
Alphabetize references by the
author’s last name (if there’s not Cannon, A. (2003, November 17).
author, the first letter of the title). Sniper insanity? U. S. News & World

Line spacing Report, 135 (17) p. 35.


Double-space throughout. Parzen, M. D. (2003). Toward a culture-
Indentation bound syndrome-based insanity
The first line of every entry is defense. Culture, Medicine &
flushed left. Subsequent lines are
indented 0.5’’ (or five spaces). Psychiatry, 27, 131–155.

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