Sample Academic Research Paper
Your paper should include a title page and the bolded sections as shown and explained
below. (Note: No underscoring) This sample is based on instructions found in the
Brown book and at:
http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/mp/APA/apa4b.htm
The teacher has added some sample text based on his research of the Eggertsen family.
Title page instructions
A- Upper right hand corner of the title page and every additional page of your paper: type the
“manuscript page header.” This consists of the first 2-3 words of your title, a space, and the page
number.
B- All of the other information on the page is centered.
Skip a line after each typed line.
About 1/3 of the way down the paper, type
1- Complete title (perhaps 2-3 lines long).
2- Your name, student number, and seat number.
3- Ocean University of China, Qingdao.
4- These words: In partial fulfillment of the requirements for EAW B9 (use YOUR class number).
5- Instructor: C. Paxman
6- June 2, 2011 (or, June 7, 2011).
Then skip 3-5 lines.
7- Next, in three successive lines, list your COLLEGE (not OUC, but Oceanography; Information
Science; Chemistry, etc.)
Then list your major.
Then list your research topic. (Even if it is the same as the title of your paper, list it again.)
Follow the format of the example below.
p. 1-
Title Page
(Below)
Eggertsen Descendants 1
(your title)
Eggertsen Descendants:
Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
(your name& No.)
Monroe J. Paxman, No. 11223344557. Seat 3-7.
(Seat No.)
Ocean University of China, Qingdao
In Partial fulfillment of the requirements for EAW B9
C. Paxman
June 2, 2011
College: Liberal Arts
Major: Family History
Topic: Eggertsens throughout the world
p. 2- (Note: Do not indent.) (Below)
Eggertsen Descendants 2
Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that almost all Eggertsens in the USA are related to each
other....
Methods
Monroe J. Paxman, the author's uncle, requested help in researching and locating descendants from
Danish immigrant,....
Results
The author found that the results regarding the notion of a single family of origin for all Eggertsens
diverged by country....
Conclusions
Additional research, particularly in the Danish church records of the 1700s and 1800s, is needed to
determine whether....
Keywords
Eggertsen, Danish genealogy, Odense....
p. 3-7 Notes: Do not type the word Introduction. Enter the manuscript page header in
the upper right-hand corner; then skip a line and type the title, centered. Skip a line,
indent 5 spaces and begin typing the introduction, as below.) Indent each new paragraph
5 spaces. Skip a line before and after each heading, as below. (Below)
Eggertsen Descendants 3
Eggertsen: Don't Put All Your Eggs in One Basket
The notion that all Eggertsens might trace their ancestry back to one couple suggests to the mind an
intriguing detective adventure.... As suggested by Moore (2007), the....
Methods
Previous Paxman research utilized several finding sources which proved equally useful for the
Eggertsen search. These included 1- seeking information from older living Eggertsen descendants,
2- researching....
Results
The initial goals were 1- to locate all descendants of Simon Peter Eggertsen, Sr., and 2- to identify
all Eggertsen names occurring in the USA. The author began....
A few Eggertsen families or individuals, either living or deceased, remain for which no connection
to the author's line can be demonstrated. In addition,....
Since the author found himself in China involved as a full-time teacher, the microfilmed records of
the Family History Society (Salt Lake City, Utah) were not....
Conclusions
The notion that (virtually) all USA Eggertsens are related to each other appears to be correct. That
same notion concerning the Danish Eggertsen lines has not proven to be accurate. To date....
Implications (if any)
While some research of primary sources and much research through telephone and email interviews
have been done, it seems clear that....
Recommendations (if any)
The author recommends that a core of interested Eggertsen aficionados embark on the searching of
the available films and....
(End of the body of your paper – p. 6 or 7.)
First, organize your references in order by the surname of the first author.
Then number them: 1, 2, 3... etc. However, do not refer to the numbers in when citing in
the text, but rather, follow the procedure explained in class: e.g., (Grubb, 2008)
New page - p. 8
(Below)
Eggertsen Descendants 8
References
1. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com (Accessed multiple times from January 2010 through May
2011).*
2. FamilySearch: Discover your family history. http://www.familysearch.com (Accessed multiple times
from January 2010 through May 2011).*
3. Moore, F.M. (2007). Ancestral History: historical biographies with pictures of Moore...Eggertsen....
Longmont, Colorado: F. Michael Moore.*
Abbreviations and Acronyms
FHL Family History Library
NAPE Name, address, phone number, email address
*While these three references were NOT cited in the greatly abbreviated sample academic research
paper, above, they are sample sources from which information was obtained for the Eggertsen research
project.
In your paper, you should list on the References page ONLY those works which you cite
in your text.
1- Skip a line before and after each of the above headings.
2- Pagination – Use the manuscript page header and page number, as explained & shown above.
3- Stapling - The eight pages should be stapled together with a single staple in the upper
left-hand corner.