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Preparing for the Rough Draft - APA Style Rules and Formatting

The goal for this week and next is to write and submit a rough draft of the literature review (the paper) no later than Sunday of week 6.  

This week’s lesson will provide you with the basics of APA formatting.  The “Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association” (7th edition) and the Purdue Owl website will be invaluable resources to use.  Also, there are several APA websites that you could use.  Also, be aware that different institutions may have exceptions to APA, so if the information from “generic” websites may not be correct. 

Basic Format:

Double-spaced, typed, on standard size paper (8.5” x 11”; portrait view in Word).

1 inch margins on all sides

11-point Calibri, 11-point Arial, or 10-point Lucida Sans Unicode, or a serif font such as 12-point Times New Roman, 11-point Georgia, or 10-point Computer Modern Font

Justify left only, but paragraphs indented ½ inch.

The title page is page 1 and numbering continues through to the last page of the document.  Numbers are to be in the upper right-hand corner in the same font and size as the text.

Every page, beginning with the title page, is to have a running head, which is also the same font and size as the rest of the document.  Note the running head is not the full title, just a shortened version.

Leave one space after all endmarks (i.e., periods, question marks, exclamation marks).  

Use only 1 space after all colons.  

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