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Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
LIBRA BF76.7 .P83 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Psychology--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Psychology.
- Social sciences--Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Social sciences.
- Psychological literature--Publishing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Psychological literature.
- Social science literature--Publishing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Social science literature.
- Writing.
- Social science literature--Publishing.
- Psychological literature--Publishing.
- Social sciences--Authorship.
- Psychology--Authorship.
- Medical Subjects:
- Writing.
- Psychology.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 439 pages ; 26 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition.
- Other Title:
- Also known as: APA style guide
- APA publication manual.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001.
- Summary:
- The fifth edition of the "APA Manual" is a new and improved style manual for writers and students in psychology and other behavioral and social sciences. This valuable reference tool gives writers easy-to-use guidelines on how to prepare manuscripts according to APA style.
- Contents:
- Quality of Content 4
- Characteristics of Articles 6
- Parts of a Manuscript 10
- Quality of Presentation 29
- 2 Expressing Ideas and Reducing Bias in Language 31
- Writing Style 31
- Grammar 40
- Guidelines to Reduce Bias in Language 61
- 3 APA Editorial Style 77
- Punctuation 78
- Spelling 89
- Capitalization 94
- Italics 100
- Headings and Series 111
- Quotations 117
- Numbers 122
- Metrication 130
- Statistical and Mathematical Copy 136
- Reference Citations in Text 207
- 5 Manuscript Preparation and Sample Papers to be Submitted for Publication 283
- The Author's Responsibilities 284
- General Instructions for Preparing the Paper Manuscript 284
- Instructions for Typing the Parts of a Manuscript 296
- Sample Paper and Outlines 305
- 6 Material Other Than Journal Articles 321
- Theses, Dissertations, and Student Papers 321
- Converting the Dissertation Into a Journal Article 326
- Material for Oral Presentation 329
- Material Published in Abbreviated Form 330
- 7 Manuscript Acceptance and Production 331
- Transmitting the Accepted Manuscript for Production 332
- Reviewing the Copyedited Manuscript 335
- Proofreading 336
- After the Article is Published 342
- 8 Journals Program of the American Psychological Association 345
- Policies Governing the Journals 345
- Editorial Management of Manuscripts 357
- Appendix A Checklist for Manuscript Submission 379
- Format 379
- Title Page and Abstract 380
- Paragraphs and Headings 380
- Mathematics and Statistics 380
- Units of Measurement 380
- Copyright and Quotations 382
- Submitting the Manuscript 382
- Note to Students 382
- Appendix B Checklist for Transmitting Accepted Manuscripts for Electronic Production 385
- Preparing the Electronic File 385
- Appendix C Ethical Standards for the Reporting and Publishing of Scientific Information 387.
- Notes:
- Commonly sited as: APA publications manual.
- Reprint corrections available online in PDF format.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1557987912
- 9781557987914
- 1557987904
- 9781557987907
- 1557988102
- 9781557988102
- OCLC:
- 270926624
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