Effective Writing and Proper APA Citation Style
When preparing a psychology project or report, you will need to follow the recommendations of the American Psychological Association regarding format.
- The sources listed below can be consulted to determine the proper formatting of any source you intend to include in your References listing.
- If you would like to use an online citation management tool to help you properly format and manage your citations, try RefWorks.
Recommended Books: Effective Writing · Proper APA Citation Style
Recommended Websites: Proper APA Citation Style
Effective Writing: Recommended Books
Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields
BF 76.5 .M45 1998 West Stacks (check availability)
Writing for Psychology
BF 76.7 .M58 2007 West Stacks (check availability)
The Principles of Writing in Psychology
BF 76.7 .S57 2004 West Stacks (check availability)
A Short Guide to Writing About Psychology
BF 76.8 .D86 2004 West Stacks (check availability)
Displaying Your Findings: a Practical Guide for Creating Figures, Posters, and Presentations
BF 76.8 .N53 2003 West Stacks (check availability)
Reviewing Scientific Works in Psychology
BF 76.8 .R48 2006 West Stacks (check availability)
The Psychologist's Companion: a Guide to Scientific Writing for Students and Researchers
BF 76.8 .S73 2003 West Stacks (check availability)
Designing and Reporting Experiments in Psychology
BF 200 .H37 2002 West Stacks (check availability)
Writing Literature Reviews: a Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
H 61.8 .G34 2006 West Reserve (check availability)
Writing Literature Reviews: a Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
H 62 .G35 2004 West Stacks (check availability)
A Short Guide to Writing About Social Science
H 91 .C78 2002 West Stacks (check availability)
Research Writing in Education and Psychology--From Planning to Publication: a Practical Handbook
LB 2369 .K54 2001 West Stacks (check availability)
Writing Empirical Research Reports: a Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
LB 2369 .P97 2005 West Reserve (check availability)
Writing Empirical Research Reports: a Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences
LB 2369 .P97 2000 West Stacks (check availability)
Writing Between the Lines: Composition in the Social Sciences
PE 1479 .S62 F58 1998 West Stacks (check availability)
Proper APA Style Citation: Recommended Books
The World's Easiest Guide to Using the APA: a User Friendly Manual for Formatting Research Papers According to the American Psychological Association Style Guide
BF 76.7 .A468 2002 West Reference Desk (check availability)
What Every Student Should Know About Citing Sources with APA Documentation
BF 76.7 .A55 2007 West Stacks (check availability)
Concise Rules of APA Style
BF 76.7 .C66 2005 West Reference Desk (check availability)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed.
BF 76.7 .P83 2001 West Reference Desk (check availability)
This is the current edition of the definitive guide for any/all citation or formatting questions related to APA style.
Additional copies are available at the West Library Circulation/Reserve Desk.
Mastering APA Style: Instructor's Resource Guide
BF 76.8 .G452 2002 West Stacks (check availability)
Proper APA Style Citation: Recommended Websites
APA Citation Styles for References: A Quick Guide (brief handout)
This online guide, prepared by the staff of Fletcher Library, is also available in paper format from the Guide Rack near the Reference Desk.
APA Citation Style for In-Text Citations: A Quick Guide (brief handout)
This online guide, prepared by the staff of Fletcher Library, is also available in paper format from the Guide Rack near the Reference Desk.
Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
"The following is excerpted from the new 5th edition of the Publication Manual. The material provided covers commonly asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media."
APA Formatting and Style
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
From Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_quotprsum.html
From Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL).
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