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Overview

Style Guides are written to establish norms for writing a paper. This site will give you an orientation to a common style guide used in the social sciences. It is based on the 5th edition of the APA Publication manual. This book is required in your first course and it is recommended that you retain this book throughout your University program. If you plan to write some professional publications later, you will find it invaluable to retain the book.

Orientation to this Site

Links and information provided in this site will assist you in interpreting the rules in the APA manual. Keep in mind that the final determination of the application of a rule is the APA Publication Manual. This site provides references to the section numbers of the APA book where the information is located.

 Learning Games to Reinforce Learning

On most of the pages several links to learning games are included to assist you in learning the concepts. Be sure to use this resource! Individual links are included in each section. You can also review all the learning games for APA Tutor here.
Helpful APA Links
KnightCite assists in creating perfect references for every kind of information, both electronic and print. (note there are also pages for the Chicago style and the MLA style so be sure you are on the page labeled APA in the red box).
APA Crib Sheet with links to rules for the various parts of a paper.
Electronic References
Bias in Language
APA Style Essentials
Style Manuals: APA (Social Sciences), MLA (Humanities), Chicago (History), and CSE (Sciences). Note that different disciplines require different writing styles. Please be careful about following the APA paper example as there are some formatting errors; however, the site gives good information in the finding and documenting sources area so it is included here.
APA Template for Word
APA Resource Page
Copyright: Bonnie S Korn and Sarah L Swart, 2006.