1. Formatting a Research Paper
Lesson 10
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2. Formatting a Research Paper
Word has made it easy for you to format your research paper, add and manage your sources, select a style, insert a Bibliography, insert Captions, create a Table of Contents, and add Footnotes and Endnotes.
You must cite your sources to avoid plagiarism.
Compromising your work by copying a majority of the content and taking credit for it is plagiarism .

3. Styles for a Research Paper
You can choose from many different reference styles when formatting your citations, sources, and bibliography.
The most common are:
American Psychological Association (APA)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
The Modern Language Association (MLA) style has been adopted as the style of choice by many colleges, universities, and schools.

4. Citations
Word 2013 has a feature that allows the user to insert correctly formatted citations:
When you cite a source, you do so at the relevant location within the text. Word enables you to insert a citation and create a source at the same time.
Located on the References Tab, Citations & Bibliography Group
Citation: Credit a source of information by citing the book, article or other material it comes from.
Source: The place in which you retrieved your information from, so the reader can find the original work.

5. Works Cited/Bibliography
Works Cited: Lists all of the sources and is placed at the end of the document
Word provides a gallery of formats from which to choose and enables you to automatically generate a Bibliography/Works Cited page

6. Works Cited/Bibliography
Each time you create a new source, the information is saved on your computer in a master list
Key the appropriate source information in the dialog box

7. Captions A line of text that describes an object or picture
Word can automatically add captions in your document when you have tables, figures, or other objects or you can manually add captions.
Once you have added a caption you can reference your object anywhere in your document by inserting a cross-reference

8. Header/Footers Located on Insert Ribbon in the Header & Footer Group
Header: Content that appears on the top of every the page
Footer: Content that appears on the bottom of every the page

9. Uses of Footnotes & Endnotes
Located on the References Ribbon in the Footnotes Group
Footnotes and Endnotes are types of citations used in printed documents to explain, comment on, or provide references for text in a document
Footnotes add a note at the bottom of the page providing more information about something in your document
Endnotes are often used for detailed comments and endnotes for citation of sources; a superscripted number are added to text to refer to an endnote

10. What’s the difference?
Footnotes are inserted at the bottom (or “foot”) of the page in which the reference/citation occurs
Endnotes are inserted at the end of the document

11. Footnotes and Endnotes
MLA Style Footnote:
Single Spaced
Hanging Indent
MLA Style Endnote:
Double Spaced
No Hanging Indent

12. What is Table of Contents?
Located on the References Tab in the Table of Contents Group
Table of Contents is a ordered list of the headings/parts of a book or document organized in the order in which the parts appear by page number
Appears at the beginning of the document after the Title Page
Tab Leaders: symbols that appear in a Table of Contents between a topic and the corresponding page numbers

13. Table of Contents
Easiest way to create is by using the built-in gallery of Styles and Heading Styles
For example, Heading 1, Heading 2, and Heading 3 — to the text that you want to include in the Table of Contents
Word searches for those headings and then automatically inserts the Table of Contents into your document

14. Manual vs. Automatic Manual Table of Contents:
Allows the user to create and customize a Table of Contents
Automatic Table of Contents:
Allows the user to insert a preformatted Table of Contents

15. Title Page
A Title Page appears at the beginning of the document with the title of the document, followed by your name and school name.
A Title Page is placed before the Table of Contents.
A Title Page should be separated from the rest of the document with a section break, so you can apply formatting that will not affect the whole document.

16. Hyperlinks
A hyperlink is a way to jump from one location to another. It can be in the same document or to an external location.
Located on the Insert Tab in the Links Group
Links to a file, website, , or place in the document
Links to will open Microsoft Outlook
Can be applied to text or pictures

17. Hyperlinks Usually underlined in blue Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + K
Changes to purple once clicked
Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl + K

18. Hyperlink
Hyperlinks can also be added to a research paper or any documents that require a link to help the reader quickly find the source you are referring to in your document.
To follow a hyperlink, move your mouse over the link, press the Control key and click on the link
To remove a hyperlink, right click and go to Remove Hyperlink on the shortcut menu

19. Bookmark Insert Ribbon > Links Group > Bookmark
A bookmark is a reference point, a location, or a selection of text that you name and identify for future reference
Works with Hyperlinks to let you move to a specific place in your document
Creates a Bookmark (similar to favorites in Internet Explorer)
Allows you to come back to a particular section of words in the future – can use the Go To command to locate
Bookmark Names must begin with a letter and contain no spaces