Synopsis
Where do you put the notes to a table? What is the difference between "g" and "g"? How do you cite a work discussed in a secondary source? Along with answering these and other questions that always seem to arise about six minutes before deadline, this reference also gives information on organizing ideas into an acceptable form and reducing bias in language. Compiled from the fifth edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, this pocket guide includes information on punctuation (for those who confuse slashes with hyphens), capitalization (for those who confuse newtons and watts with Newton and Watt), spelling (for all of us), italicizing, and abbreviating, as well as advice on presenting statistics, tables, figures, quotations, citations, footnotes and appendices (it prefers "appendixes"). It also provides very helpful reference examples, including those from electronic and audiovisual media, a cross-reference to the publication manual and a checklist for manuscript submission. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Reviewer:Nicholas Greco IV, MS, BCETS, CATSM(Abbott Laboratories)
Description:Authors will be most pleased with this sixth edition of a handy and portable guide to APA style.
Purpose:The purpose of this edition is to simplify APA heading style and make it more conducive to electronic publication. This edition also includes updated guidelines for reducing bias in language to reflect current practices and preferences. Good and bad language choices have been expanded and moved to the web.
Audience:Every researcher, clinician, and student who must use APA style in their papers, reports, and journal articles must have a copy of this pocket guide.
Features:This book targets only the rules that writers clearly need in order to choose the best words and format for their articles. It is an abridged, yet relevant guide to APA style. The convenient format makes it much simpler to use every day.
Assessment:This is a wonderful, handy desk reference that belongs on the desk of every writer using APA style.