Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
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Basic information about headings and in-text citations is found inside the front cover.
More detailed information about headings - pp. 47 to 49
More detailed information about in-text citations - pp. 261-269
A sample professional paper appears on pages 50 to 60.
A sample student paper appears on pages 61 to 67.
Abbreviations for units of measurement - p. 175
Appendices - p. 41
Appropriate level of citation - p. 253
Citing Interviews and Personal communications - pp. 259 to 261
Lists - pp. 189 to 191
Numbers - pp. 178 to 181
Paraphrasing (including long paraphrases) - pp. 269 to 270
Plagiarism and self-plagiarism - pp. 254 to 257
Capitalization- differences between title case and sentence case, and when to use each - pp. 167 and 168
Italics – when to use - pp. 170 and 171
Reference list – pp. 303 to 307
Sample reference entries - pp. 313 to 352
Most used resource types appear on the following pages:
Journal articles and other types of periodicals - pp. 316 to 321
Books - pp. 321 to 325
Book chapters - pp. 326 to 329
Reports - pp. 329 to 331
Dissertations and theses - pp. 333 to 334
Webpages and websites - pp. 350 to 352
