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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association: Paperback Edition
With millions of copies sold, the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and justice administration, and other disciplines in which effective communication with words and data is fundamental.
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Paperback, 6th Edition, 272 pages
Published
July 20th 2009
by American Psychological Association (APA)
(first published 1993)
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... featuring perhaps the most absurd rules of all time for citing references.
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This book certainly must rank as one of the most "ironic" publications in recent history. The whole point of this book is to provide clear instructions on how to format a scholarly paper that is produced for a college-level class. Good intentions were in place to update and reorganize the material in the previous edition, but apparently they forgot rule number one: be sure to proofread and double-check your work! The result is an infamously error-ridden guide on how not to commit error...more
Can someone tell me why the APA is now the leading authority on citation style in the social sciences? I get that parenthetical citation is worlds better than old-style footnotes, but why the American Psychological Association?
This book gets into the gory details of citing every source you can think of. Website? Nae problemo. Interview? Got it. Email thread? It's in there. Dissertations, theses, patents? They got you covered.
I don't claim to have read the whole thing (althoug...more
This book gets into the gory details of citing every source you can think of. Website? Nae problemo. Interview? Got it. Email thread? It's in there. Dissertations, theses, patents? They got you covered.
I don't claim to have read the whole thing (althoug...more
I have looked through this book more times than I can count. It is not exactly something I could sit reading cover to cover however it is an excellent resource book for APA6. I actually waited until all the bugs were edited out of the previous versions before buying my copy as I did not wish to get all the updates and I did not mind paying the extra amount for it as it has been well worth the amount of documentation. I have gotten more information on how to ensure papers are correctly cited usin...more
Firstly, I have to say that this reference was required reading for my Masters degree. I don't know WHAT possessed the university to select this horrible publication manual. Secondly, unless you're forced to use it, I would never recommend this publication to another scholar. I felt like I was walking into the inner circles of the Inferno with Dante Alighieri.
The work is poorly laid out and confusing. Just when I thought I understood an APA format for a cited web site journal, I sti...more
The work is poorly laid out and confusing. Just when I thought I understood an APA format for a cited web site journal, I sti...more
This book must have been organized by monkeys! That's the only explanation for this work of foolishness.
I am a Masters program student and APA is the preferred style of choice at the university. The formatting is useless and the instruction vs. example contradicts itself in several places or just isn't clear. It is not at all helpful to people who want to cite and format APA correctly. Students using this as a guide will need to check other sources to be sure it is correct.
Honestly, I paid too ...more
I am a Masters program student and APA is the preferred style of choice at the university. The formatting is useless and the instruction vs. example contradicts itself in several places or just isn't clear. It is not at all helpful to people who want to cite and format APA correctly. Students using this as a guide will need to check other sources to be sure it is correct.
Honestly, I paid too ...more
For getting information out about APA style, it does its job.
For the authors be willing to update and fix their own style errors in the first printing, they get 5 stars.
APA is not the easiest or most understandable style out there, but it is what I am supposed to be teaching my students. So, I thought I should actually buy it.
I skimmed more than I read it, but it seems well organized and provides some examples that should be helpful.
I do applaud them for t...more
For the authors be willing to update and fix their own style errors in the first printing, they get 5 stars.
APA is not the easiest or most understandable style out there, but it is what I am supposed to be teaching my students. So, I thought I should actually buy it.
I skimmed more than I read it, but it seems well organized and provides some examples that should be helpful.
I do applaud them for t...more
So gross. They actually have you indent the first line of your paragraphs!!! I feel like I'm in 5th grade again when I look at the papers I have written according to this guide. All I can say is that if the Master's degree I'm using this for doesn't significantly boost my retirement income, I'm demanding a refund on this book!
I was required to purchase this for my thesis during my first graduate work. What a bore! Needlessly complicated. It wasn't even useful as I had Internet sources at the time and it had no style guide for them. The Chicago Manual is so much better than APA.
Hate, hate, hate this book and everything about it. The last edition was so much easier. This one - it is hard to find anything - I found it easier just to look things up on line than in here. Very choppy and not set up well.
Live and die by APA! You don't have to like it to use it! Really not happy that they had so many errors in the 6th edition...did they get points off for using the wrong APA style????? Go figure!
This is a must have if you do a lot of writing in APA format. This book answers every question one might have about writing in APA. It also give numerous examples. Great book!
It doesn't tell you how to site Web pages, and the index wouldn't let me find most things I needed. The in-text citation information wasn't helpful, either. Is it possible to give something negative stars? MLA is so much better.
An absolute MUST HAVE for anyone who writes: students, practitioners, etc. I use mine just about every single day! Well organized, and information is easy to find.
Not a book you can really like or dislike. If you need to know APA it is a required read, if you don't ... it is the sure cure for insomnia :)
I frequently accessed this manual while writing my psychology dissertation. Sections are clearly marked and examples are explained.
I was obligated to use APA method in writing papers and thesis, and this manual was extremely helpful for that purpose.
I am reading this for formatting on my M.A. thesis...I wouln't give it any sort of reiview, except "helpful resource."
VERY helpful in research and writing papers. It's all you need - no other companion books.
This text has been required in a number of my research administration courses at Emmanuel College.
I am thoroughly attached to this book after getting my masters. It took me years to figure out how to write the perfect paper using APA format.The humiliation of getting papers back with heavy handed red sharpie marker asking " Do you own the APA book?"...well take that you fat ass J.L., former teacher of mine..I AM Published!@!!! In fact it still sits on my bookshelf dogeared and underlined...Ahhh, memories. A must for all you Bachelors and Masters of Sciences students. P.S, J.L. I sa...more
Unavoidable and especially necessary in the field of science, psychology, and research.
Everything you need to know about proper APA format. You know you want to read it!!
One of the most hard to use reference books I've come across in a while.
Every college student should have this book on their shelves
This is what helped me get an 'A' in my senior thesis class.
whom.......who... whatever! invented this should be shot
very old, but the only copy I have available at the moment.
It might not have all the answers, but it's a good tool!
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