Thursday 31 March 2011

How To Write A Literature Review In Apa Style?


APA is an acronym which stands for the American Psychological Association. APA is a style that many students should be familiar with when they produce academic works because it is a very general academic writing citation and formation style. Students need APA style because they have to ensure that they have appropriate format.

APA literature review informs you that it is supposed to be done on standard-sized paper with one inch margins on every sides of the paper. The font should either by size 12 in Times New Roman or alike and it ought to be double-spaced. 

All literature review APA style must contain a header at the top of the page, a page number on the right hand side of the page with the first two to three words of the page title five spaces before the page number. 

There are also four sections which are: title page, abstract, body, and references. The title page must include the page header. The next line must have a running head which must be flush-left on the page. The running head must have a part of the title. 

Now, students have to write body. The body has introduction, body paragraphs, and at the end conclusion. Students have to talk about the references according to the APA style and it should be cited differently at the end of the paper. 

Students must always go through APA style guidelines before writing the literature review paper to make sure that they pursue the accurate standards APA style standard.

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