Concise Rules Of APA Style

by American Psychological Association

The Concise Rules of APA Style offers essential writing and formatting standards for students, teachers, researchers, and clinicians in the social and behavioral sciences. This easy-to-use pocket guide, compiled from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, provides complete guidance on the rules of style that are critical for clear communication. Readers will learn how to avoid the grammatical errors most commonly reported by journal editors; how to choose the appropriate format for statistics, figures, and tables; how to credit sources and avoid charges of plagiarism; and how to construct a reference list through a wide variety of examples and sources. How does the Concise Rules differ from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association? The Publication Manual remains the best source for broad background information about scientific publishing. It provides guidance on designing research, identifying the parts of a scholarly article, understanding the process of journal publication, and submitting articles for publication. The Concise Rules, by comparison, targets only those rules writers need for choosing the best words and format for their articles. It offers a comprehensive list of essential writing standards in a convenient, easily retrievable format. In addition to guidance on grammar points that have challenged writers in the social sciences, the Concise Rules provides suggestions for reducing bias in language; reviews the mechanics of style for punctuation, spelling, capitalization, abbreviation, italicization, headings, and quotations; examines the preferred use of numbers as well as standards for metrication and statistics; provides guidance for the construction and formatting of tables, figures, and appendixes; and offers clear examples and models for referencing ideas and constructing error-free reference lists. Available in a light-weight, spiral-bound format, the Concise Rules will travel easily from home to school to office.

Genres: Reference, Psychology, Nonfiction, Education, School, Writing, Textbooks

212 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2005

Reviews

[Al]

I can't rate this book because I hate having to format my writing, especially in APA. As a result, I've developed a conflicted relationship with my lil' APA style companion. I will say it was recommended to me by my History of Books and Libraries Professor who is also the literature librarian at Yale... and not a damn thing gets past this dude. Up until now, I've been relying on Owl Perdue (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/res...) which has been convenient but doesn't cover all the obstacles I've come up against in formatting my papers. So, I guess I'm grateful to the Concise Rules of APA Style for living up to it's claim of being concise. I'm sure I will be referencing it a great deal during my thesis and I definitely recommend it to students who really want to nail APA.

[Duncan Maccoll]

Essential for academic work at all levels.

[Roz Blahaha]

Everything-ish you need to know about writing in APA. Tedious but informative.

[Kit Gray]

One of the most annoying things about being in the field of psychology is the necessity of adhering to APA's style guide. I'm a Chicago style girl to my bones, and find APA style alternately clunky and lazy. That said, the reason for the second star is that it's reasonably well explained in the concise rules.

[Desiree']

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) is published by the American Psychological Association.

This writing manual is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences.

The following website is helpful in providing research and citation assistance:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl...

[James]

Although this book was put out by the American Psychological Association, if you need to write correctly in APA style, either (a) master the 6th edition APA Manual or (b) hire a seasoned APA editor.
I've been an in-house editor for over a decade and can make sure that your project is APA compliant.

[Huseyin]

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[anarcho]

Clear, comprehensive, and easy to read. This is for APA 6 though, which should be explicitly reflected in the title.

[Cathy]

Easier to use than the original