Pocket Guide to APA Style, Spiral bound Version (with APA 2019 Update Card)

Robert Perrin (Autor)

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2020 | 6th edition
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
978-0-357-60055-9 (ISBN)

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The POCKET GUIDE TO APA STYLE, 6th Edition is your essential tool for writing research papers in every course you take. Concise and thorough, the POCKET GUIDE offers straightforward explanations, annotated examples, and margin notes designed to help you write properly documented papers in the latest APA style. This practical resource is less expensive and easier to use than the APA Manual. It also includes extensive and up-to-date coverage of electronic sources, preparing you to evaluate and use Internet references correctly in your research.

Robert Perrin is chair of the department of English at Indiana State University, where he previously served as director of writing programs for 17 years. He has won the university's Caleb Mills Award for distinguished teaching and the Theodore Dreiser Award for distinguished research, as well as the College of Arts and Sciences' Distinguished Professor award. Most recently, he won the President's Medal, the university's highest honor. In addition to numerous articles on composition and teaching, Dr. Perrin has authored seven textbooks and research guides, including THE BEACON HANDBOOK (six editions), HANDBOOK FOR COLLEGE RESEARCH (four editions) and, of course, POCKET GUIDE TO APA STYLE (seven editions). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Preface.
1. WRITING SCHOLARLY PAPERS.
Subject and Topic. Thesis Statements, Hypotheses, or Stated Objectives. Research Goals. Research Methods. Evaluating Sources. Note-Taking. Plagiarism. Planning. Writing Strategies.
2. PREPARING APA MANUSCRIPTS.
Parts of the Manuscript. Footnotes. General Manuscript Guidelines.
3. FOLLOWING APA EDITORIAL STYLE.
Punctuation and Mechanics. General Style. Word Choice.
4. PREPARING THE REFERENCE LIST AND IN-TEXT CITATIONS.
The Reference List -- An Overview. Information for APA Entries. Format for APA Entries. Alphabetizing the Reference List. In-Text Citations. Quotations.
5. CITING PERIODICALS.
An Article in a Journal With Continuous Paging. An Article in a Journal With Separate Paging. An Abstract. An Article in a Monthly Magazine. An Article in a Weekly Magazine. An Article in a Newspaper. An Article in a Newsletter. An Editorial. A Letter to the Editor. A Review. A Secondary Source.
6. CITING BOOKS AND OTHER SEPARATELY PUBLISHED MATERIALS.
A Book by One Author. A Book by Two or More Authors. A Book With No Author Named. A Book With an Organization as Author. An Edition Other Than the First. An Edited Collection. An Original Selection in an Edited Collection. A Previously Published Selection in an Edited Collection. A Revised or Enlarged Edition. A Reprinted Book. A Multivolume Work. An Article in an Encyclopedia or Other Reference Work. A Work in a Series. A Translation. A Government Document -- Committee, Commission, Department. A Preface, Introduction, Foreword, Epilogue, or Afterword. A Monograph. A Pamphlet or Brochure. An Unpublished Dissertation. Published Proceedings From a Conference. Multiple Works by the Same Author. A Secondary Source.
7. CITING AUDIOVISUAL SOURCES.
A Motion Picture. A Slide Set or Filmstrip. A Television Broadcast. A Radio Broadcast. A Recording. An Interview. A Transcript. A Lecture or Speech. A Work of Art. A Map, Graph, Table, or Chart.
8. CITING ELECTRONIC SOURCES.
An Article in an Online Journal. An Article in an Online Magazine. An Article in an Online Newspaper. An Article in an Online Newsletter. An Online Book. An Online Dissertation or Thesis. An Online Abstract. An Article in an Online Encyclopedia or Other Reference Work. A Professional Website, Information Database, or Scholarly Project. An Online Transcript of a Lecture or Speech. An Online Map, Graph, Table, or Chart. A CD-ROM Source. An E-Mail Interview. An Online Video Podcast. An Online Audio Podcast. An Online Posting -- Blog, Discussion Group, Twitter, or Facebook.
9. EXAMINING SAMPLE PAPERS.
Beyond Birth Order: Recognizing Other Variables." "Students' Reactions to Kinds of Test Questions: A Piece in the Test-Anxiety Puzzle".
Appendix A. PREPARING POWERPOINT AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS.
Preparing a PowerPoint Presentation. Preparing a Poster Presentation.
Appendix B. ADDRESSING TECHNICAL ISSUES IN WRITING.
Fragments. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences. Pronoun Reference. Pronoun Case. Positioning Modifiers. Active and Passive Voice. Possessives and Contractions. Outlining.
Index."

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.2.2020
Verlagsort	Belmont, CA
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	181 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-357-60055-X / 035760055X
ISBN-13	978-0-357-60055-9 / 9780357600559
Zustand	Neuware