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APAOriginally Created By Diana Haddad
Updated By Heather Spear
Graduate Writing Center
Liberty University
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Essential Parts of an APA Paper
Cover Page
Abstract
Body Appendix (if needed)
References
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Cover Page
Make sure your cover page includes:
Running head
Full title Byline / Name
Institution
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Cover Page
Running headALL CAPS (upper left-
hand corner).
Full title of the paper, authors name
(byline), and institutional affiliation
(center upper half of the page).
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Byline
Full Title
Page Number
Running head
Your Institution
Your Name
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Abstract
150-250-word comprehensive summary of yourpaper in block paragraph form.
allows readers to quickly survey the content of yourpaper.
dense with information, well-organized, brief,specific, and self-contained.
double spaced, 12 point font like the rest of thepaper.
New Times Roman or Courier text type.
not an introduction to the paper. does not contain citations.
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HeadingPage Number
150-250 Word
Comprehensive
Summary
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Body
Make sure you adhere to proper
APA Format in:
Headings Citations
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Headings
The various levels of headings establish thehierarchy of sections in your paper.
Topics of equal importance have the samelevel of heading throughout the paper.
Avoid having only one subsection within asection.
You will find two different examples ofheadings and subheadings on slides 13 & 14
that will help you get a clearer picture of thelevels of headings.
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Headings
Level 1Centered, Boldface, Uppercaseand Lowercase Heading
Level 2Flush Left, Boldface, Uppercaseand Lowercase Heading
Level 3Indented, boldface, lowercaseparagraph heading ending with a period.
Level 4Indented, boldface, italicized,lowercase paragraph heading ending with a
period. Level 5Indented, italicized, lowercase
paragraph heading ending with a period.
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Centered, Boldface,
Uppercase and
Lowercase Heading
(Level 1)
Flush Left, Boldface,
Uppercase and Lowercase
Heading (Level 2)
Indented, boldface, lowercase
paragraph heading ending with a
period. (Level 3)
Indented, bo ldface, ital ic ized,
lowercase paragraph heading
ending with a period. (Level 4)
Indented, italicized, lowercase
paragraph heading ending with a
period. (Level 5)
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Level 5Indented, italicized, lowercase
paragraph heading ending with a period.
Level 1Centered,
Boldface, Uppercase
and Lowercase
Heading
Level 2Flush Left,
Boldface, Uppercase and
Lowercase Heading
Level 3
Indented, boldface,lowercase paragraph heading
ending with a period.
Level 4Indented,
bold face, i tal icized,
lowercase paragraphheading ending w i th
a period.
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Citations
Whether paraphrasing or quoting anauthor directly, you must credit thesource.
For a direct quote, give the author,year, and page number in parentheses.
When paraphrasing or using your ownwords to refer to an idea contained in
another work, provide the author andyear within parentheses. You are notrequired to provide a page number.
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Quotations
Direct QuoteQuotations of fewer than
40 words are incorporated into the text,
enclosed within double quotation marks
and properly cited.
Block QuoteQuotations of 40 words
or more are displayed in a double-
spaced block paragraph with propercitation and no quotations marks.
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Direct Quote
Block Quote
In-text citation
of a paraphrase
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publisher as author
entry in an encyclopedia
journal article,
one author
report from private organization
available on organization website
Journal article,
two authors
editors
Journal article, three to six authors
Bible
Article or chapter in an edited book
Stand-alone document, no author
identified, no date
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Non-periodical internet source
Newspaper cite
Book cite
Book, revised edition
Doctoral Dissertation
A database search engine
Dictionary in volumes & editions
Journal article, more than six authors