Insert a page header. Your title should appear on the left-hand side in all capital letters. Page numbers should be on the right. If your title is long, for example has two parts, you may use a shortened version. For instance, if your title is "The Long Road to Recovery: Global Warming Policies Since 2001," you could shorten it to "The Long Road to Recovery."
Create a title page. The title page should include the header, introduced with the words "Running Header", and the page number. The title of the paper should be written without quotation marks and all words are capitalized except conjunctions (and, but) and prepositions (the, a). The author's name should appear directly under the title and the name of the school or institution is written on the following line. The title page should be centered.
Write an abstract. It should be between 150 and 200 words and one single paragraph without indentation. The abstract is used to catch the attention of a reader. It should describe the major sections of the paper and use key words from global warming debates that are relevant to your paper. Global warming is a major field of research and the abstract is your chance to prove that your paper is worth reading.
Introduce your topic. The introductory section does not require a heading. Insert the title of your paper at the beginning. Include a paragraph that outlines your topic and identifies your thesis or argument and a literature review that outlines what other scholars have written about your topic. According to K.T.L. Vaughan of North Carolina State University, information about Global Warming can be obtained from various sources such as government agencies, academic and independent research centers and program, advocacy and educational organizations. State the purpose of your paper in the last paragraph of the section.
Describe your methods. The Methods section should identify how you completed your study, who was involved and the research design used.
Outline your results. This section can be largely quantitative results such as statistics or qualitative results such as results from questionnaires or surveys. Do not explain your results in this section. Present the study's findings in a neutral manner.
Summarize your findings in the Discussion section. Explain what your discovered about your topic and how it is relevant for the current debates. Be sure to answer what your study adds to our understanding about global warming. You can also include recommendations for future research. .
Identify your sources. If you refer to other people's ideas in your paper, you need to cite them. APA style uses in-text citations, which means the author's name and year appear directly after the information in parentheses. If you use a direct quotation, you also have to provide the page number. For example, Gore argues that climate change is a "global concern that people ignore" (Smith, 2007, p. 3).
Outline your references. Start a new page and identify the section as "References". List each of your sources in alphabetical order (based on last name) and indent the second line of each source (hanging indent). Your sources are cited using Author's last name, Author's first name. (Year). Title of the book in Italics. City, Publisher. If your source is a journal article, provide Author's last name, Author's first name. (Year). "Title of the article". Journal Name and Volume number in Italics.