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Formal Paper Formatting Guidelines: No Cover pages are necessary until the 1st draft of Research Paper.
ALL PAPERS must be typed in black ink on white bond paper and STAPLED
• Format: TYPED DOUBLE-SPACED, Times New Roman 12-point font size, one-inch margins on all four sides, paragraphs indented, printed on one side only. Align left ONLY. Do not Justify or Center
• Create an original title; do not use the title of the text. Center title at the top of the page. DO NOT UNDERLINE PAPER TITLES.
• Be objective: avoid using personal pronouns (e.g. first person) unless asked for by the instructor
• APA papers are normally written the past tense.
• Do not use contractions and avoid using “etc.”
• Style of supporting evidence: Follow the APA rules for: in-text citations and References documentation.
• Final Research Papers include proper APA running header. The header consists of a shortened title in all capital letters at the left margin and the page number at the right margin: on the title page only, the shortened title is preceded by the words: Running head and a colon.
• Final Research Papers must be submitted to the instructor for grading according to schedule and will automatically lose points for not following the established guidelines regarding header, title page, double-spaced typing format (including indentation, font type and size), and length.
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