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Social Work: Research Overview

An Overview of the social work guides and one stop to basic information!

Sample Student Paper

In this webinar, the style experts demonstrate how to set up student papers (font, line spacing, margins, page numbers, etc.), with an emphasis on how default word-processing software settings align with seventh edition style and make papers easier to format. The experts then address needs for formatting in the sections often included in student papers: title page, text, tables and figures, and reference list. The session concludes with steps for organizing papers and improving their quality.

The annotated diagrams from the webinar are available in this handout (PDF, 3.4MB).

Sample Student Paper with Annotations

Student title page, 2.3; Bolded, centered 12pt font example: Guided imagery and Progressive Muscle Relaxation in Group Psychotherapy
Paper title; group author; parenthetical citation of a work with two authors; italics to highlight key terms
Parenthetical citation of a work with one author; repeated citation needed; use of first person; narrative citation in parenthetical running text
Level 1 heading centered; Level 2 heading left with no indention
Level 2 heading bold on the left; lettered list (A) topic (B) second item in list
Short quotation; repeated narrative citation with the year omitted
Secondary source citation; narrative citation with the year in the narrative;
Long phrase
Time abbreviation; block quotation
Narrative citation; paraphrasing; Level 1 heading
book reference; report reference; journal article reference
Youtube Video reference; blog post reference; short url
Conference presentation reference; shortDOI; edited book chapter reference
shortDOI; doctoral dissertation reference