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One of the most daunting tasks facing students is preparing a research report using APA writing style. For many years, the fourth edition of the APA style manual provided the guidelines to follow. Recently, the APA published the fifth edition of the manual. There are a few substantive changes in the new edition, primarily so you can use the powerful tools included with most wordprocessors. Below is a list of sites that will help you decipher the new guidelines and apply them to your writing.

Brief overview of changes to APA writing style

APA's chapter-by-chapter listing of changes

APA style essentials

APA Writing Guides

There are sites that are still based on the fourth edition. These, along with the sites listed above, can give you a good idea about how to write an APA-style paper.

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point also offers a nice hypertext guide to APA writing style .

Yet another resource for writing in APA style is the Guide for Writing Research Papers . At this site you can also access a guide to Grammar which you may find useful if you need to brush up on some basic grammar rules.

A listing of resources for writing research papers can be found a the psych-web site.

Links to resources for APA style can be found at the Vaughan Library web site.

The American Psychological Association has a page with answers to frequently asked questions. One of the questions answered concerns how to format the title page (it is shown in two ways in the publication manual). Click here to go to frequently asked questions .

General Writing Guides

A good general source on writing that includes a section on APA style is the Purdue University OWL system. If you need some help with basic grammar as well as APA style try out this site.

Another good general writing resource can be found at Hunter College's writing center .

Citing Electronic Sources

http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html

http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/netciteFARQ.html








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