Sections Found Within an Apa Style Paper
The Sections Found Within An APA Paper
Andrea Muresan
American Military University
Abstract
APA (American Psychological Association) is a form of style on how to write or put together an essay or a paper. APA guidelines should be twelve points, Times New Roman fonts preferably, double spaced, with one inch margins on both sides. Your paper should be written in past tense at all times. APA style papers include four major sections: Title page, abstract, main body, and references. Each of these should be written on different pages. If you are writing a lab report, then instead of these four major sections, you would write seven to eight sections. These sections would be title page, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, references, and table or figures. I’m going to talk about the four sections.
The sections found within an APA paper
According to the Student Handbook, including young reader’s companion, the “APA style for referencing sources of information, however is more commonly utilized for research on scientific or technical topics and includes only those references that specifically support one’s research as opposed to citing works for background information and future reading” (p.372). The APA style includes four major sections: the title, abstract, main body, and the reference.
The title page should be between ten to twelve letters and should display what the paper consists of. The title, your name and the university should be double spaced. Keep the lettering and the lettering size uniformly, and avoid underlying it, bolding it and italics. Title page also gives a running head and a page number. It should fall to the center of the page, which means if you look from left and the right, not from top to bottom. Place the title almost half way down, usually where you would think the reader’s eyes would instinctively fall. Pick a title thoroughly, even if you end up changing it later because an expressive title will help you
Andrea Muresan
American Military University
Abstract
APA (American Psychological Association) is a form of style on how to write or put together an essay or a paper. APA guidelines should be twelve points, Times New Roman fonts preferably, double spaced, with one inch margins on both sides. Your paper should be written in past tense at all times. APA style papers include four major sections: Title page, abstract, main body, and references. Each of these should be written on different pages. If you are writing a lab report, then instead of these four major sections, you would write seven to eight sections. These sections would be title page, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion, references, and table or figures. I’m going to talk about the four sections.
The sections found within an APA paper
According to the Student Handbook, including young reader’s companion, the “APA style for referencing sources of information, however is more commonly utilized for research on scientific or technical topics and includes only those references that specifically support one’s research as opposed to citing works for background information and future reading” (p.372). The APA style includes four major sections: the title, abstract, main body, and the reference.
The title page should be between ten to twelve letters and should display what the paper consists of. The title, your name and the university should be double spaced. Keep the lettering and the lettering size uniformly, and avoid underlying it, bolding it and italics. Title page also gives a running head and a page number. It should fall to the center of the page, which means if you look from left and the right, not from top to bottom. Place the title almost half way down, usually where you would think the reader’s eyes would instinctively fall. Pick a title thoroughly, even if you end up changing it later because an expressive title will help you
References: Student Handbook: including young reader’s companion, 2004. Vol 2, p. 372-374. Nashville: Southwestern.