Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper Running Head: Type an abbreviated (less than 50 characters) Title of Paper 1 Title of Paper Author’s Name Northcentral University Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper Abstract The American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines provide rules for preparing manuscripts. This template provides a basic layout based upon the fifth edition of these guidelines. The APA guidelines define an abstract as a single paragraph, without indentation, that summarizes the key points of the manuscript. The purpose of the abstract is to provide the reader with a brief overview of the paper. The total length should not exceed 120 words, with each sentence written concisely. 2 Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper Title of Paper The body of the paper should consist of approximately 27 lines of text per page, not 3 including headings. The following sections provide several typical elements of APA manuscripts as examples in this template. Note the spacing between sentences. In APA style, there is only one space between sentences. If you cannot remember this one while typing, you can do a replace (Control-H) when you are done to replace every instance of two spaces with one space. Headings APA style specifies that major sections 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 as shown in this template. Usually these sections are the Method, Results, and Discussion. Subsections Sections can be further divided into subsections. These are flush to the left margin and italicized. An example is a Method section divided into Participants, Materials, and Procedure subsections. In Word, select the text and then make it a Heading 3. Paragraph headings. It is also possible to make further subdivisions with paragraph headings. For example, the Procedure subsection might have paragraph headings for Informed consent, Independent variables, and Dependent variables. Only the first word of the heading is capitalized; the entire heading is italicized. References Per APA guidelines, all sources must be cited on a separate References page. Within the body of the paper, a pointer containing the author’s last name, year of publication, and page range within parentheses (Erickson, 2000, pp. 24-67) indicates the cited text. The author’s last Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper name corresponds with the entry on the References page, allowing readers to look up the source of the citation. An example of a References page is located on page 5 of this template. Note that APA uses the "hanging indent" style for references. This will automatically be done when you type references into this template. Otherwise, the easiest way to do this is to type each reference without worrying about the hanging indent. When you are finished, select (highlight) all the references and then either 1) use the Control-T keys together, or 2) use the menu commands Format Paragraph and then, under Special, select Hanging and then a distance for the indentation. Quotations 4 Guidelines for quotations are based upon the length of the quote. Quotes with fewer than 40 words are quoted directly in the sentence. According to the APA, this type of quote “should be incorporated into the text and enclosed in double quotation marks.” Quotations longer than 40 words follow different guidelines. Include these quotes in an indented block. Start long quotes on a new line and indent 1 inch from the left margin. Also, doublespace the lines and omit quotation marks. The Long Quote 1st and the Long Quote More styles in this Word template are provided for formatting. If you quote more than one paragraph, indent the first line of additional paragraphs by .5 inch. Include a reference citation after the closing punctuation. (Erickson, 2000, p. 34) For comprehensive style guidelines, refer to the APA online and print publications. Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper References Beck, B. E. (1999, July). Style and modern writing [Special issue]. Prose Magazine, 126, 96134. Gode, S. M., Orman, T. P., & Carey, R. (1967). Writers and writing. New York: Lucerne Publishing. MacDonald, S. E. (1993). Words. In The new encyclopedia Britannica (vol. 38, pp. 745-758). Chicago: Forty-One Publishing. Wilson, J. C. (2001). Scientific research papers. In Stewart, J. H. (Ed.), Research papers that work (pp. 123-256). New York: Lucerne Publishing. Xenon, R. M. (2002). Birth order and romantic attachment style. Journal of Research in Personality, 22, 236-252. 5 Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper Appendix 6 Place supporting and bulky groups of information in the appendixes. If you have multiple groups of information, create multiple appendixes. Label each appendix with a capital letter, e.g.—Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, etc. Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper Author Note Derek Graham, Department of Psychology, University of Partridge; Deanna Meyer, Department of Education, University of Fremburg. Deanna Meyer is now at Department of Psychology, University of Triver. This research was supported in part by grants from the National Institute of Writing and The Regional Scholastic Foundation. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Derek Graham, Department of Psychology, University of Partridge, Partridge, WA 61820. E-mail: dg@10-uopdop.com 7 Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper Footnotes 1 8 Each footnote number must correspond to the same number in the body of the paper. Group all footnotes in the paper on this page. 2 Do not rely upon the footnote and endnote features of Word 2002. Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper Table 1 Simple example of a table Column heading Table body Table body Table body Table notes Column heading Table body Table body Table body Column heading Table body Table body Table body 9 Type the first two or three words of the Title of Paper Figure Captions Figure 1. Figure example of a cycle diagram. 10 This is an example of a figure. All figures are placed at the end of the paper. The figure captions in the previous section correspond to this section.