Social Work: APA Paper Format

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Click on the link above to be taken to the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University. The OWL has information on how to format your papers, craft your citations, and provides tutorials on how to do everything in between. 

Things to know before you begin:

• Font: Times New Roman 
• Font Size: 12 point 
• Margins:  1 inch
• Paragraphs: All paragraphs (except the Abstract) should be indented.
• Spacing: All of the text in your paper should be double-spaced.

Typical APA style papers have four main sections:

1. Title Page
2. Abstract
3. Main Body
4. References

See the boxes below for a breakdown of how each portion should be formatted.