Must follow APA guidelines. Some helpful sources: The handout on D2L, APA manual, and owl.english.purdue.edu

Must follow APA guidelines. Some helpful sources: The handout on D2L, APA manual, and
owl.english.purdue.edu
 If there are no in-text citations throughout the entire paper and/or no
reference page it will result in automatic failure for the assignment
 Title page + 5 FULL pages of content + Reference page
-Abstract not required. If you do include an abstract, this will not count towards your 5
pages of content
-For each page short of 5 full pages there will be a deduction of 20 points (Half a page
short results in a 10 point reduction).
 At least 5 sources and 3 must be scholarly references such as journals, books, and similar sources
other than websites. These 3 scholarly references may be online format.
 12 font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins
 Do not write in first person (I, me, we, etc.), rather write your paper in third person (he, she,
they, the researcher, etc.)
 Try to summarize and paraphrase more than utilizing direct quotes. (In other words, avoid
excessive direct quotations in your paper) You will have a higher matching score of the turnitin
if you use too many quotes.
 Limit to 1 block quote (block quote is a direct quote of more than 40 words)
 Do not use Wikipedia as a source. Online blogs and forums are also not acceptable sources for a
collegiate paper
 Plagiarism results in failure of the course (refer to course syllabus for more information).
-Example of plagiarism= Copy and paste from internet.
-Using someone else’s words without giving them credit (correct way: providing a
citation with author’s last name, year of publication, and if it is a direct quote also include
the exact page number from which the quote was derived).
-Self plagiarism- using a paper you wrote in another class