Week 3

 

In week three we learned a lot about the American Psychological Association guidelines, paying close attention to in-text citing and Reference pages. There are several different styles of writing but we focused on APA this week. APA style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. There are several different guidelines you must adhere to in order to write an APA compliant paper.  There are 4 major sections to an APA style paper. I have listed them below:

Title Page: Your title page should include the title, the author’s name, and the name of your            institution. You will also need to include a page head with the title of your paper, and the words running head.

Abstract page: Abstract page should be on a page of its own. It will need a header and page number. The word Abstract should be under the header and centered. Your abstract page gives your readers an overview of what the paper will be about.

Main Body: This portion of the paper can change depending on what type of research paper you’re writing. If you’re writing an essay, the main body of your paper will include the actual essay itself. This is essentially where your research will go.

Reference Page: The reference section of your paper will include a list of all of the sources that you used in your paper. This page should have a header, and the word reference directly underneath it.




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