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The professional title page includes the paper title, author names (the byline), author affiliation(s), author note, running head, and page number, as shown in the following example. Follow the guidelines described next to format each element of the professional title page.
TITLE PAGE: The title page needs to provide information about the paper’s topic and authors and the course to which it is being submitted. Title Page Content. A student title page includes the following elements: • title of the paper • author(s) ° include the full names of all authors of the paper; use the form first name, middle initial,
Annotated diagrams illustrate how to set up the major sections of a student paper: the title page or cover page, the text, tables and figures, and the reference list. Basic Setup
The page header appears within the top margin of every page of the paper. For student papers, the page header consists of the page number only. For professional papers, the page header consists of the page number and running head.
Provide the author, year of publication, title, and publisher of the book. Use the same format for both print books and ebooks. Use the copyright date shown on the book’s copyright page as the year of publication in the reference, even if the copyright date is different than the release date.
Consistency in the order, structure, and format of a paper allows readers to focus on a paper’s content rather than its presentation. To format a paper in APA Style, writers can typically use the default settings and automatic formatting tools of their word-processing program or make only minor adjustments.
This page addresses how to format short quotations and block quotations. Additional information is available about how to: include page numbers for quotations; cite quotations from material without page numbers; cite quotations that include errors; indicate changes to quotations; present quotations from research participants
This page contains sample papers formatted in seventh edition APA Style. The sample papers show the format that authors should use to submit a manuscript for publication in a professional journal and that students should use to submit a paper to an instructor for a course assignment.
Provide the comment title or up to the first 20 words of the comment in standard font. Then in square brackets write “Comment on the webpage” and the title of the webpage on which the comment appeared in sentence case and italics.
When you have directly quoted from a chapter, use a standard in-text citation for a quotation, which includes the author, year, and page number. (The format for quotations is the same for both authored and edited book chapters.)