Create your title page. The full title of the paper should be centered (both vertically and horizontally). List your name, horizontally centered, five lines lower. Include the name and section of the course, your professor's name and the date at the bottom (each on their own line).
Double space the body of your assignment, using 12 pt. Times New Roman font (unless otherwise specified by your professor). Use in-text citations when referring to an author's work. Use the last name of author, then include the year of their work in parentheses. For example, a reference to the work of a researcher named Smith would read: "According to Smith (2002), research indicates that..." A resource list included at the end of your assignment gives the reader more detailed information about the sources you use.
Direct quotations will be cited the same way as in-text citations, but include a parenthetical reference to the page number(s) directly following the quote. For example, if you were quoting a paper by a researcher with the last name Washington, you might say, "According to Washington (2008), 'The mating habits of indigenous crows...'(p. 204-05)."
Compile your resource list. The list will be in alphabetical order, with the author's last name listed first. This is followed by the year and date the book (or article) was published, the full title of the piece and the publication the article appeared in (or the book's publishing company).
For example: Smith, George. (1997, December 4). Bees and Cross Pollination. Newsweek (this will be italicized).