Style Guide

When you submit a paper, follow these rules and conventions for how to format it. 

Hyperlinks navigate to PDF that demonstrates the rules. 

• Set margins of at least 1 inch from the edge of the page on all sides. 
• Place the page numbers at the top right or bottom center, half an inch from the edge.

• Make the main title and subtitle (if relevant) bold, with a colon between them. The font size may be 2 or 3 points larger than the main text.
• Use headline-style capitalization
• Center the text
• Double-space everything
• Use the same font as in the main text.
• Begin 1/3 of the way down the page.
• In addition to the title of the paper, include your name, the course name, the date. 

• Use a widely available, legible font, such as 12pt. Times New Roman or Calibri or Arial. 
• Indent the first line of each new paragraph half an inch.
• Double-space the main text.
• Quotations of 5 or more lines should be indented as a block and single-spaced.
• Put one space between sentences. 

• Center the title "Bibliography" at the top of the page and add two blank lines after.
• Single space each entry, and add a blank line between entries. 
• Apply half-inch hanging indents for each entry.

• (Your word processor should automate these rules if you use the "Endnote" feature.
• Center the title "Notes" at the top of the page and add two blank lines after.
• For the note numbers, use normal text with a period and a space after -- or use superscript with a space after but no period.
• Indent the first line of each note half an inch like a paragraph in the main text. 
• Single space each note, and add a blank line between notes. 

• (Your word processor should automate these rules if you use the "Footnote" feature.
• Each footnote should appear at the bottom of the page that includes its numbered in-text reference.
• For note numbers in the text, use superscript.
• Single-space each footnote in the footnotes section at the bottom of the page.
• For note numbers in the notes, use normal text with a period and space after, or use superscript with a space but no period after. 

• Center the title "Reference List" at the top of the page and add two blank lines after.
• Apply half-inch hanging indents for each entry.
• Single-space each entry, and add a blank line between entries. 

• Immediately after a quotation or other material requiring a citation, include author and year within parentheses.
• There is no punctuation between author and year.
• The name and date must match the reference list entry exactly.