Paper Format

• Margins: 1 inch on all sides
• Spacing: Double-spaced
• Title Page
  • Title of the paper
  • Name(s) of the author(s)
  • Name of the institution
  • Author note
• Abstract
• Page numbers: Upper right-hand corner of each page
• Paper: 8.5 x 11 inch white paper
• Typeface: Times New Roman or Courier 12pt
• Running Head: TITLE (from left margin)

Quotes

• Quotations of fewer than 40 words should be incorporated into the text and enclosed with quotation marks.
• Quotations of 40 or more words should be typed as a double-spaced block with an additional 0.5 margin and no quotation marks.

In-Text Citations

After quoting or paraphrasing provide a parenthetical citation:

<aside> <img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/b10d6753-6915-4870-b12e-ab6f6390b8d1/info.svg" alt="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/secure.notion-static.com/b10d6753-6915-4870-b12e-ab6f6390b8d1/info.svg" width="40px" /> (Author's last name, year of publication, page number).

</aside>

• Example: (Harper, 2001, p. 47).
• Commas should be between each element
• p. or pp. should be used before the page number(s)
• The citation should appear after the material used and if at the end the period for the sentence should be after the citation.
• With three to six authors first citation should use everyone's names then use et al. for the rest of the citations. Seven or more use et al. from the beginning.
• Use "(as cited in Harper, 2001, p. 47)" for material quoted from other sources.
• When there are no page numbers, use paragraph number.

Reference Page

• Book by one author: Author’s last name, Initials. (Year of publication). Title. Location: Publisher.
• E-Book by one author: Author’s last name, Initials. (Year of publication). Title. [Reader Software]. Retrieved from: Web address or Digital Object Identifier.
• Book by multiple authors: Author’s last name, initials & Author’s last name, initials. (Year of publication). Title. Location: Publisher.
• Book with more than seven authors: Use et al. after first author’s name
• Book compiled by an editor: Author’s last name, initials. (Ed). (year of publication). Title. Location: publisher.
• An article from a book: Author's last name, Initials. (Year of publication). Editor’s last name, Initials (Ed.), Title. (Page numbers for article). Location: Publisher.
• Book by a corporate author: Name of corporate body. (Year of publication). Title. Location: Publisher
• Bible: Title. (Year of publication). Location: Publisher.
• An unpublished dissertation: Author’s last name, initials. (Year accepted). Title. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). granting college or university, city of institution, state of institution.
• Article in periodical: Author’s last name, initials. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of periodical, volume number, pages. Retrieved from: Web address or Digital Object Identifier. [for online retrieval only].
• Online source: Author’s last name, initials. (Year of publication). Title. Retrieved from: Web address or use the Digital Object Identifier.