Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association | 
 enlarge | Author: American Psychological Association
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Category: Book
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Edition: Fifth Edition
Pages: 439
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Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.2 x 1
ISBN: 1557987912
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.06615
EAN: 9781557987914
Publication Date: July 2001
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...offers updated information on reporting statistics, writing withour bias, preparing manuscripts with a word processor for electronic production, and publishing research in accordance with ethical principles.
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 Boring but Required June 14, 2002
A.Trendl HungarianBookstore.com (Glen Ellyn, IL USA)
49 out of 64 found this review helpful
The "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association" is one those boring but necessary books that eventually will be on your shelf whether you like it or not. It is on mine.
Those of us who make a living by combining words into sentences acquiesce to collecting various style manuals. You know the list: MLA, Chicago, APA, and for those with a journalistic or marketing bent, the AP. The social services, many teaching journals (not all), and of course, most psychological journals require using the APA style for white papers, essays and the like.
Style formats make life easier on the editors you write for, and the APA does that job precisely.
I fully recommend "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association," not because it will make you smile like a Barbara Cartland novel, but because academic journals editors will smile with a satisfied look while reading your writing.
Anthony Trendl
editor, HungarianBookstore.com
If required to write in APA, you can't live without it January 3, 2004
Jacob Hantla (Chandler, AZ United States)
30 out of 36 found this review helpful
If you have any need to write in APA, this book is a must. This is the standard by which your work will be judged. If you are not familiar with APA format, you may find this book very unwieldy and confusing at first. A great way to get started is to just open it to page 306-320, which is a sample paper written and formatted in APA style. Each salient feature is denoted with a comment balloon referring you to the applicable section of the guide. This simple technique should get you started.
Many people complain about the overabundance of seemingly useless and needless information. However, I feel that the completeness of the guide is its strength. The guide deals with every facet of the a concern in a very thoughtful, complete way. Sometimes I find myself laughing at the completeness that the guide gives a particular topic, but at times when I am seeking to answer a specific formatting, grammar, or organizational question, I am extremely thankful for that completeness.
This book is indispensable, one of my most-referred-to reference materials. If you are writing an APA style paper for a class in school and won't ever need to use it again, go to the public library at borrow it. If you will be writing often, you should definitely buy it. No matter what, don't write an APA-style paper without it.
The must-buy version September 21, 2002
R. Lanthier (Vienna, VA United States)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Hard to review a style manual - they are all a pain in the butt to live/write with. However, this spiral bound version is the best, you can lay it down without having to type one handed while you consult it! Any price premium for the spriral binding is worth it, don't buy the regularly bound one, trust me!
You can't write a paper without it! February 21, 2002
R. Rubino (Ohio)
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
I found this version a lot more "user friendly" than the previous version, which I thought was very confusing. The fact that this resource is offered as "spiral bound" makes it a plus also. The sections that deal with proper grammar and punctuation use are logically formatted and easy to understand. After writing a couple of papers using this book I can honestly say that I am "getting the hang" of using the APA format.
Spiral-Bound Wonder July 1, 2003
24 out of 26 found this review helpful
When I originally purchased the current edition, I bought it in a regular binding and immediately regretted it upon first use. This spiral bound edition allows it to lay flat so that when you are trying to confirm the style, you don't have to lay two other books on top of it to make it work. BUY THIS EDITION IF YOU HAVE TO USE APA.
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