Concise Rules of APA Style

by American Psychological Association

Concise Rules of APA Style, Sixth Edition  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 sixth edition of 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. In addition to guidance on grammar points that have challenged writers in the social sciences, 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 on the construction and formatting of tables, figures, and appendixes; and offers clear examples and models for citing sources and constructing error-free reference lists. Available in a light-weight, spiral-bound format, Concise Rules  will travel easily from home to school to office. It will be an invaluable reference tool for all social science scholars who are serious about communicating clearly and effectively. Key to this edition is an updated and expanded APA Style website, with many additional resources to help readers learn APA style, including free tutorials, on-line courses, frequently asked questions, sample papers, and the APA Style blog. The sixth edition of  Concise Rules  has been revised and updated to include New and experienced readers alike will find the sixth edition a complete resource for writing with clarity and precision.

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

284 pages, Spiral-bound

First published March 1, 2005

Reviews

[Al · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential for academic work at all levels.

[Roz Blahaha · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Kit Gray · Rating 2 out of 5]

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' · Rating 5 out of 5]

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 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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 · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[anarcho · Rating 4 out of 5]

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