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APA: Cover Page & Title

Cover Page

On the cover page of your paper you will include the following information. This will be centered and 3-4 lines down from the top of the page (hit your Enter key 3-4 times). Remember, it should be double-spaced.

  • Title of Paper in Bold
  • Hit enter again to skip a line
  • Your name
  • Iowa Western Community College
  • The course name and number (example: ADN 106: Success in Nursing)
  • Your instructor's name
  • The date

See the example below.

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APA Sample Papers & Template

MLA provides several sample papers on their website. To see how an MLA paper should look, check out one of the samples below.

Paper Title on Page 2

At the top of your second page (after the cover page) you will type the title of your paper, centered and bold. This is not in the header, but above where you will start typing your paper.

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