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What Every Student Should Know About Citing Sources with APA Documentation
Chalon E. Anderson, University of Central Oklahoma
Amy T. Carrell, University of Central Oklahoma
Jimmy L. Widdifield, Jr.

ISBN-10: 0205499236
ISBN-13: 9780205499236

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper
Published: 07/10/2006

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What Every Student Should Know About Citing Sources with APA Documentation provides specific instructions on writing and referencing in the American Psychological Association (APA) style and includes an example APA manuscript and exercises to allow the reader to practice using the various components of the APA style.

                                                                                         

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Preface

The Basics: APA Rules

Why Document?

            Paraphrase

            Summary

Sections of the APA Manuscript

            Title Page

            Abstract

            Introduction

            Method

                        Participants

                        Materials

                        Procedure

            Results

            Discussion

            References

            Author Notes

            Appendix

Miscellaneous Rules of APA Format

            Running Head and Header

            Headings for Tables

            Figures: Graphs & Tables

Abbreviations for APA Format

            Figures and Tables

            Forming the Plural

            Useful Latin Abbreviations

Quotations

Referencing in APA Format

            Periodicals

                        Entire/Special Sections of a Journal

                        Magazines

                        Monograms with issue numbers and serial (or whole) number

                        Monograms bound into a journal with continuous pagination

                        Newsletter article

                        Daily/weekly newspaper article

                        Abstract from a secondary source (print periodical)

            Books

                        Article or chapter in an edited book

                        Encyclopedia or dictionary

Brochure

            Technical and research reports

            Report as an article or chapter in an edited edition

            Proceedings published regularly

            Unpublished contribution to a symposium

            Dissertations & Theses Abstracts

                        Published Doctoral or Masters Dissertation

                        Unpublished Doctoral or Masters Dissertation

            Reviews of Books/Films/Videos

            Unpublished Paper Presented at a Meeting

            Poster Session

            Unpublished Manuscript Not Submitted for Publication

            Electronic Media

                        On-line Journal

                        On-line Newsletter

                        Newsgroups, online forums and discussion groups, and electronic mailing lists

                        Message posted to an electronic mailing list

                        Abstract on CD-ROM

                        Television Broadcast

                        Television Series

                        Single episode from a television series

                        Music Recording

                        Audio recording

Example APA Manuscript

Grammar

            Apostrophes

                        Contractions

            Capitalization

            Commas

                        Items in a List

                        Coordinate Adjectives

                        Independent Clauses

                        Introductory words, phrases, and clauses

            Semicolons and colons

                        Joining independent clauses

                        Separating items in a list

                        Colons

            Verbs

                        Helping Verbs

                        Irregular Verbs

                        Agreement Extras

Bibliography