running head

Examples of running head in the following topics:

• APA: Title Page and Running Head

  • APA papers have a title page and a "running head," or a line at the top of every page to identify the paper.
  • The running head is an element unique to APA style.
  • Left-justified in the header (i.e., at the very top) of your title page, you should have the text “Running head:” followed by an abbreviated title of your paper in all caps.
  • You will have to change the options so that the first page is different, so you can include the text “Running head:” only on the title page.
  • Arrange the title page and running head correctly in an APA paper

• APA: Abstract

  • Recall that the running head should now appear left-justified in the header on this page and on every page that follows.
  • (Also recall that, starting on this page, the running head should be only your abbreviated title in all caps, without the words “Running head:" at the beginning.)

• APA: Tables and Figures

  • (Note that these pages should still include the running head and page number.)
  • Generally, for simpler tables, you should have only three horizontal lines: one immediately above and one immediately below the column headings, and one at the bottom of the table.
  • (Note that these pages should also still include the running head and page number.)

• Verbal Aspect: Simple, Progressive, Perfect, and Perfect Progressive

• MLA: Headings

• APA: Headings

• Chicago/Turabian: Headings

• MLA: Headings

• Chicago/Turabian: Headings

  • In Chicago style, headings are used to organize your writing and give it a hierarchical organization.
  • In Chicago style, headings are used to organize your writing and give it a hierarchical organization.
  • Chicago style puts forth specific rules for formatting headings (up to five levels) within your paper:
  • You should always use heading levels in this order, beginning with Level 1.
  • These are the formatting rules for different levels of headings in APA style.

• APA: Headings

  • In APA style, headings are used to organize your writing and give it a hierarchical organization.
  • In APA style, headings are used to organize your writing and give it a hierarchical organization.
  • You should always use heading levels in this order, beginning with Level 1.
  • Note that the “Abstract” title and the overall paper title do not actually count as headings, so they are simply centered and in title case, but not bolded as Level 1 headings would be.
  • These are the formatting rules for different levels of headings in APA style.