APA (American psychological Association) is the mostly used guidelines to write a research paper in college studies under social sciences study. These guidelines are used in different countries all over the world and it is highly acclaimed in by faculties of different colleges all over the world. It is just like a spoon feeding foe the beginners. All the minute guidelines are stated in owl APA very clearly whether it is page set up font selection or it is conclusion everything is given there.

Moving ahead, first know about format of the page. It must be typed and it must have double space on a standard paper size having a margin from all the sides of the paper. The margin must be of 1”. The font size used must be 10-12 and it must be New Times Roman. It is like a stepping stone for the beginners.  Moving ahead your paper (research) should have at least four sections in it. On the first page there is a page header on the top of every page. To do this one must insert page number on the right side of the page on top of it. Mainly they should be of, Title Page, Abstract, Main body and at last the references you would like to give which helped in your research paper completion. Now we can move ahead further one by one. First come first, Title Page first. Ideally this page is the face of a person if we personify your research work. And that is why every care must be taken to format the title page in owl APA. Generally there is title of the research paper, name of the author (obviously), and the institute from which he/she is affiliated.

Moving ahead to the next section of the research paper there is another important section and that is Abstract. To continue on abstract you should start from a new page. There must be a page header on your abstract of the research paper. To start this you should type the “Abstract” on the top of your page. There is no need to highlight, bold, underline and all that. It must be as simple as it can be. Now begin with the next line just start writing a brief summary and the key points included in the paper. There is no need of indentation. The abstract must contain the topic of your research, questions, participants included in the questionnaire, the methods used in that, and obviously the result and conclusion of your research paper. This way your abstract must contain 150 to 250 words. And at last there are references of the sources used in your research paper in owl APA.