The following guidelines for student writers have been adapted from CBE advice directed to professional authors. When in doubt, check with your instructor. See our sample pages of a college biology paper. If the paper emerges from the printer in continuous strips, remove the feeder strips from the sides of the paper and assemble the pages in order. Secure the pages with a paper clip.
Title Begin a college paper with an unnumbered title page.
See our sample title page . Although the title page is unnumbered, treat the first page of the paper as page 2. Type the number in the top right corner of the page. Many instructors will want you to use an abbreviated form of the title of your paper before the page number. Margins, spacing and indentation Leave margins of at least one inch on all sides of the page, and double-space throughout the paper.