blog #6….. APA

BLOG # 6

APA is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. My major is in this category, Medicine. My work should be; typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5″ x 11″) with 1″ margins on all sides. You should use 10-12 pt. Times New Roman font or a similar font.

 A page header at the top of every page. To create a page header, insert page numbers flush right. Then type “TITLE OF YOUR PAPER” in the header flush left.

There should be 4 sections,

• Title page
• Abstract
• Main body
• Reference

Title- your title be no more than 12 words in length and that it should not contain abbreviations or words that serve no purpose. Beneath the title, type the author’s name: first name, middle initial(s), and last name. Do not use titles (Dr.) or degrees (Ph.D.).

Abstract – Begin a new page. Your abstract page should already include the page header. On the first line of the abstract page, center the word “Abstract” (no bold, formatting, italics, underlining, or quotation marks).

Main body-  review on your topic. It should be flowing that is, stick to the main point of the topic.

Reference-  Reference list entries should be alphabetized by the last name of the first author of each work. If you have more than one article by the same author, single-author references or multiple-author references with the exact same authors in the exact same order are listed in order by the year of publication, starting with the earliest.

Work cited:

http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic/mla_style.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/3/

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