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General Guidelines
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General Guidelines
1 inch all sides12-pt fontTimes Roman or CourierDouble spaceFlush left only
Indent 5-7 spacesPage number 1 inch from right edge First 2 or 3 words of title 5 spaces to left of page number
Title Page
PaginationKey elementsArticle titleAuthor(s)Institutional affiliationRunning head
Title Page
Title page is page 1Paper title, author and affiliationTitle - centered uppercase/lowercaseAuthor - Centered following title
Affiliation – centered following author“Running head” – flush left all uppercase Line below page header
Less than 50 characters
Abstract
PaginationHeadingFormat
Abstract
Begins page 2Abstract – centered, first line below headerBlock format
Not exceed 120 wordsAll numbers typed as digits
Body
PaginationTitleIntroductionHeadings
Body
Body begins page 3Title is centered on first lineIntroduction is not labeled
Main headings – - Centered- Upper/lowercaseSubheadings – underlined – Flush left– Upper/lowercase– 2nd subheading indented 5
spaces, underlined, Upper/lowercase followed by a period.
Text Citations
Sources are part of the formal structure of the sentenceSources are not part of the formal structure of the sentenceSource has two authorsSource has three, four or five authorsSource has six or more authors
Ideas & Words of Others
Wirth and Mitchel (1994) found that although…..higher levels of physical and mental health (Gartner, Larson, & Allen, 1991; Koenig, 1990; Levin & Vanderpool, 1991; Payne, Bergin, Bielema & Jenkins, 1991).
Previous are ordered alphabetically by 1st authors’ surname.3-5 authors – all included first time. Second time first author and et al. year.6 or more – “et al.” used every time cited.
Quotations
Fewer than 40 wordsGreater than 40 words
Quotations
40 words or less– Enclose in double
quotation marks– Incorporate in sentence…had ”less congestive heart
failure…” (Byrd, 1988, p. 829).
Greater than 40 words- in block format- Each line indented 5
spaces from left margin- No quotation marks
References
PaginationHeadingFormat
References
Begins on a new pageReferences centered Hanging indentAlphabetical
Author(s) – use surnames and initialsSeparate authors with commaNo author - title of document beginsYear (1991). - Period
Examples
Journal articleGuess, K., & Pevoto, A. (2001). Management communication.
Journal of Business, 12, 512-518BookGuess, A. K. (2001). Business communication (2nd ed.), Boston: Allyn
and Bacon.Web Document – univ/dept. web siteDegelman, D., & Harris, M. L. (2000). APA style essentials. Retrieved
May 18, 2000, from Vanguard University, Department of Psychology Web site: http://www.vanguard.edu/faculty/ddegelman/index.cfm?doc id=796
Examples (Cont’d.)
Web document – no dateNielsen, M. E. (n.d.). Notable people in psychology. Retired August 3, 2001,
from http://www.psywww.com/psyrelig/psyrelpr.htmJournal article from databaseHien,D., & Honeyman, T. (2000). A closer look at drug abuse. Journal of
Interpersonal Violence, 15, 503-522. Retrieved May 20, 2000 from ProQuest database.
Article/chapter in edited bookShen, J. D. (1992). Religion and sexual adjustment. In J. F. Schumaker (Ed.),
Religion and Mental Health (pp. 70-84). New York: Oxford University Press.
Tables and Figures
Example of: http://www.vanguard.edu/psychology/table.pdf
Footnotes
Footnotes centered on a separate page.Numbered the same as in the text.
