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Always ask your mentor which style to use before you begin to write your paper. The APA style refers to the method of writing research papers recommended by the American Psychological Association. The APA style is used in the social sciences and is governed by two basic ideas. The first is that a scientific paper attempts to show something that has already been proven true, so it calls for the past or present perfect tense when you cite the work of others. Second, the year of publication is important, so you need to feature it immediately after any named source in the text. Smyth (1972) found that children often studied while watching television. Williams and Maier (1994) have defined a new theory of cognition. Use the present tense for generalizations and personal comments. Use the past or present perfect tenses only to introduce the work of cited sources. Evidence of the rise of the heroin use exists for every age group, even children. Burroughs and Bruce (1996) reported on five incidents of heroin overdose in the under 10 age group. Basic APA Facts Always double space, including the text of your paper, quotations, notes, and the reference page. Leave margins of at least one-inch at the top, bottom, right, and left of every page. Use parenthetical citations to acknowledge direct quotations, indirect quotations, and/or any ideas you have borrowed from another person. Use a reference page for reference to parenthetical citations. Within the text of your paper, underline titles of books, plays, pamphlets, periodicals, films, television programs, and recordings; place in quotation marks titles of articles, essays in anthologies, book chapters, and lectures. Number pages in the upper right hand corner. Include a running head. Avoiding Plagiarism Plagiarism is the use of the words and/or ideas of another person without acknowledging the source. Plagiarism is generally.
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