BHS 2400 - Research Methods in Social Sciences: Formatting your Paper

♦ Margins - Standards 1" on all sides

♦ Fonts:  serif fonts: 

Times New Roman 12 point,

Georgia 11 point; 

san serif fonts:

Calibri or Arial 11 point

♦ Double Spaced throughout

♦ Center Title, Author and School (school is optional this year) about 2" from top of page 

♦ Start a new page after the title page (Insert--> Page Break)

♦  1/2"  (5 spaces)  tab indent for every paragraph

♦ Start a new page for References (Insert --> Page Break)

♦ The word, "References" is centered at the top of the reference page

♦ List references alphabetically -- Zotero should do this automatically

♦ References use a hanging indent -- Zotero should do this automatically

Margins

• 1" all sides, the entire document
• 1/2" indent for every paragraph
• 1/2" indent Long Quotations (> 40 words) only on left

Text formatting

• serif fonts:  Times New Roman 12 point, Georgia 11 point
• san serif fonts: Calibri or Arial 11 point
• One space after:
  • Commas, colons, & semicolons
  • Periods that separate parts of reference citation
  • Periods at end of sentences (APA, 7th ed)

Title Page

• Title is typed in title case (upper and lower case letters)
• Title should be no longer than 12 words
• Centered about 2" below header
• Center the author name directly below the title
  • First name, middle initial, last name
• Center the institutional name directly below the author (optional)

Intext Citations

• If you use Zotero to create your in-text citations, you will get a matching reference list
• Unless it is a direct quote, only need the author's last name and date (Smith, 2019)
• If you use the author's name in the sentence, you only need the date (2019), immediately after the author's name  Smith (2019) found ...
• Include the page number for a direct quote [this is rare]  (Smith, 2009, p.10)

Reference Page

• Start a new page
• Center the word, "References" centered at the top of the page
• Double-space all references
• Use a hanging indent

Adapted from the American Psychological Association (2019) Publication manual (7th ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Is Word moving a URL to its own line on the reference list?

Fix this by adding a 'No width optional break'.

1. In Word, position the cursor at a natural breaking point in the URL, for instance after a slash or period.
2. Select 'Insert' and click 'Symbols'.
3. Select 'More symbols' and click 'Special characters' tab.
4. Select 'No-width Optional Break' and click 'Insert'.
5. Reference should now appear similar to this: