APA Style: Basics
This guide is intended to help you cite sources in APA style, avoid plagiarism, learn what APA style is and includes, find examples of APA style, lead you to campus resources that can help you cite sources in APA, and more.
Guidelines: Paper Format
Formatting
The APA Style website includes a great section on Paper Format This link opens in a new window. The 7th edition of APA Style has two types of papers: student papers and professional papers. Please consult your assignment or reach out to your professor or instructor to determine which paper format you should use.
For more information see the above page or the sections linked below:
- Order of pages This link opens in a new window
- Title page This link opens in a new window
- Font This link opens in a new window
- Page header This link opens in a new window
- Line spacing This link opens in a new window
- Margins This link opens in a new window
- Paragraph alignment & indentation This link opens in a new window
- Tables setup This link opens in a new window
- Figures setup This link opens in a new window
- Headings This link opens in a new window
- Accessibility This link opens in a new window
- Numbers and Statistics Guide This link opens in a new window
Sample Papers
The APA Style website also includes Sample Papers This link opens in a new window.
APA Style Sample Papers
- Annotated Student Sample Paper [links to PDF] This link opens in a new window
- Student Sample Paper [links to DOCX] This link opens in a new window
- Annotated Professional Sample Paper [links to PDF] This link opens in a new window
- Professional Sample Paper [links to DOCX] This link opens in a new window
SNHU OWC Sample Papers
- APA 7th Edition Sample Paper (SNHU OWC) [pdf] This link opens in a new windowAPA 7th Edition Sample Paper from the Academic Support Center