The Writing Center, the OWL & the Virtual Writing Center (VWC)
One-on-one writing assistance is provided in person, via email, or via Zoom. Contact Jon Thompson through owl@kirtland.edu with your questions and concerns or go to the Writing Center website.
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The Online Writing Lab and Virtual Writing Center
Click here to download a Word template to format your paper.
Save and use this template as the starting point for your APA-style paper, replacing its generic information with your information. Be sure to give your document a different title so you can use this basic template again as needed.
Click here for an APA Template that you can use with Google Docs. Make a copy of this doc and use it for your own paper.
Click here for tips about formatting using APA guidelines in your Google Docs.
Click here to get a checklist that you can use to make sure your paper you've met all the guidelines for APA formatting. This checklist references the APA Style Concise Guide, 7th Edition. Copies of the guide are at the Kirtland Library.
Check out this video to see how to format your paper in APA style.
This video is a great introduction to in-text citations in APA style.