For Research papers @ IUST / AIU / SVU American Psychological Association (APA) Resource Guide When should you expect to use APA style? Typically, it’s for papers on sociology, political science, law, geography, education, criminal justice, communication studies, economics, and business. Book: Diamond, Jared M. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York: W.W. Norton & Co, 1998. Print. Gleick, James. Chaos: Making a New Science. New York: Penguin, 1987. Print. Book Article: Labajo, J. (2003). Body and voice: The construction of gender in flamenco. In T. Magrini (Ed.), Music and gender: perspectives from the Mediterranean (pp. 67-86). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Serviss, G. P. (1911). A trip of terror. In A Columbus of Space (pp. 17-32). New York, NY: Appleton. Journal Article: Sanchez, D., & King-Toler, E. (2007). Addressing disparities consultation and outreach strategies for university settings. Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 59(4), 286-295. doi:10.1037/1065- 9293.59.4.286 Jacoby, W. G. (1994). Public attitudes toward government spending. American Journal of Political Science, 38(2), 336-361. Retrieved from jstor.org Newspaper or Magazine Article: Kluger, J. (2008, January 28). Why we love. Time, 171(4), 54-60. Delaney, K. J., Karnitschnig, M., & Guth, R. A. (2008, May 5). Microsoft ends pursuit of Yahoo, reassesses its online options. The Wall Street Journal, pp. A1, A12. Encyclopedia Article: Kinni, T. B. (2004). Disney, Walt (1901-1966): Founder of the Walt Disney Company. In Encyclopedia of Leadership (Vol. 1, pp. 345-349). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Bunson, M. R. (2012). Historical Overview. In Encyclopedia on Ancient Egypt (3rd ed., pp. Xii-Xv). New York, NY: Infobase Publishing. Website: National Renewable Energy Laboratory. (2008). Biofuels. Retrieved May 6, 2008, from nrel.gov/learning/re_biofuels.html Cain, K. (2012, June 29). The Negative Effects of Facebook on Communication. Social Media Today RSS. Retrieved January 3, 2013, from socialmediatoday. General Web Resources: American Psychological Association Not only does the APA’s official site offer the usual style guides, tutorials, and instructions, it also includes links to a number of more comprehensive books and even has courses that you can take online. APA Style Crib Sheet for College Papers Want the gist of the APA style guide without having to read the whole thing? This is the site for you. There are summaries that explain things like documentation for research, page formats, and APA editorial. APA Style Essentials A site that seems to do it all, APA Style Essentials both teaches you about the various elements of the style that you need to know (figures, tables, footnotes, appendixes, references, quotations, text citations, bodies, abstracts, title pages, guidelines) and provides useful examples of each. Oh, and did I mention that you can download the whole thing as a PDF? BibMe A free automatic bibliography maker that helps you create your works cited page using auto-fills. Explorable This guide provides important information on using terminology in your APA paper. Psychology with Style: A Hypertext Writing Guide Read samples of APA research papers and learn how to format things like quotations and abbreviations. The Online Writing Center (OWL) at Purdue Here you’ll be able to get a general APA overview and read samples of works cited pages and full papers. Research and Documentation Online Pick a discipline and what part of APA style you need help with and you’ll be taken to a descriptions and examples. The New Social Worker Online The site might be aimed at social workers, but the 6 APA mistakes listed on this list are useful for anyone. University Resources: Colgate Visual Resources Library You can find examples of how to cite images that you use in your papers for MLA, Chicago, and APA styles. Cornell University Library Everything you never knew you wanted to know about citations in APA style, including a works cited list and all kinds of samples. C.W. Post Campus A fantastic site if you’re looking for easy-to-follow examples of citations for APA sources. Georgia Southern University Another great place to find APA work citations. Kent State University Libraries A 7-page PDF cheat sheet for all the basis of APA style. North Seattle Community College APA style guides that you can read in convenient PDFs. The Ohio State University Provides specific examples on how you handle APA citation for articles, online sources, and books. Purdue Citation Style Chart This handy chart explains the main differences between APA, MLA, and CMS styles. Reed College – Image Workstation More information on citing images in papers. Details for MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian styles. University Libraries – University of Washington Includes several examples of how to cite images for MLA, APA, and Chicago style. The University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign Just like the MLA section, the APA tutorials here are impeccably organized and absolutely thorough. University of New Mexico A UNM professor’s “quick and dirty” guide to APA style. The University of Wisconsin – Madison Goes beyond the basic APA guidelines to explain headings, reference lists, and parenthetical citations. University of Northern Colorado Just follow the tabs at the top to find out everything you need to know about APA Style, 6th Edition, along with examples. Westmont College Unlike a lot of the other sites here, Westmont makes their advice practical by showing you in a step-by-step manner how to do everything using Microsoft Word. Not to be missed. William Paterson University of New Jersey
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