This guide provides information about style and formatting using the standard American Psychological Association guidelines. Your instructor may request different formatting and assignments may have different requirements. Always pay attention to your assignment prompts and rubrics.
If you are in doubt about what your assignment requires, confirm these details with your instructor.
Formatting Your Paper - breaks down the APA style paper by sections.
In-Text Citations - provides examples of how to include the source of information in the text of the paper.
Reference Page - provides examples of different types of sources and how to list them on the reference page.
Start writing your paper by using one of ECPI's Student Sample Paper templates below.
A Student Sample Paper template is also available from the APA Publication Manual
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