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Title Page

Yes/No

Page number 1 flush right in header

Title of paper centered, bolded, double double- space after (two double spaces!)

Names of authors centered, not bolded, double- space after

Name of Institution centered, not bolded, double-

space after

Course number and name, centered, not bolded, double-space after

Instructor name centered, not bolded, double-space after

Due date centered, not bolded

Body of Paper

Yes/No

Page numbers (starting with 2—title page is 1) flush right in header on all pages

Title of paper centered, bolded, as first line

Internal Level 1 headings centered, bolded

Internal Level 2 headings, flush left, bolded

In-Text Citations

Narrative citations:

1 author: Computer (2019) conducted a study… 2 authors: Computer and Computer (2019) conducted a study…

3 or more authors: Computer et al. (2019) conducted a study…

Parenthetical citations:

1 author: … (computer, 2019).

2 authors: … (computer & computer, 2019). 3 or more authors: … (computer et al., 2019).

Reference Page

Yes/No

Page number flush right in header

The word References centered, bolded

Citations with hanging indent

No extra spacing between citations

Author names properly formatted

Article title with initial cap only (another cap only after colon)

Journal title italicized

Volume number italicized

Issue number in parens, not italicized, no space between volume # and issue #

Page ranges with no “pp” preceding

Use url of doi.

Miscellaneous

Yes/No

All text in Times New Roman, 12 pt font

Body of paper double spaced throughout

No extra line spaces between paragraphs

All paragraphs indented 0.5 inches

All studies intro’d with last names and year of publication

In general, numbers > 9 in numerals

In general, numbers < 10 written out, unless followed by a unit of measure, e.g. 2 inches