Writing Papers in APA Style
1 Writing college papers in APA style a Research paper: Literature review b Research paper: Original research c Laboratory report d Analytical essay e Annotated bibliography f Administrative report g Case study h Clinical paper i Professional memo j Reflective memo
2 Understanding APA conventions
3 Posing questions to start a paper
4 Finding appropriate sources
5 Evaluating sources
6 Managing information; avoiding plagiarism
7 Supporting a thesis
8 Avoiding plagiarism
9 Integrating sources
Formatting Papers in APA Style 10 Parts of a paper in APA style a Title page b Abstract c Introduction d Method e Results f Discussion g References h Footnotes i Headings j Appendices k Visuals
11 APA manuscript format
12 Sample pages from papers in APA style a Research paper: Literature review (psychology) b Research paper: Empirical research (psychology) c Research paper: Qualitative methodology (sociology) d Analytical essay (sociology) e Annotated bibliography (economics) f Laboratory report (psychology) g Administrative report (criminology/criminal justice) h Clinical practice paper (nursing) i Reflective essay (education) j Business report k Professional memo (business)
Documenting Sources in APA Style 13 APA in-text citations
14 APA reference list
15 APA footnotes
Clarity 16 Wordy sentences
17 Active verbs
18 Parallelism
19 Needed words
20 Shifts
21 Mixed constructions
22 Misplaced and dangling modifiers
23 Sentence variety
24 Appropriate voice
Grammar 25 Subject-verb agreement
26 Other problems with verbs
27 Pronouns (agreement, reference, case)
28 Adjectives and adverbs
29 Sentence fragments
30 Run-on sentences
31 Grammar concerns for multilingual writers
Punctuation 32 The comma
33 The semicolon and the colon
34 The apostrophe
35 Quotation marks
36 Other marks
Mechanics 37 Capitalization
38 Abbreviations
39 Numbers
40 Italics
41 Spelling
42 Hyphenation
Glossaries 43 Glossary of usage
44 Glossary of grammatical terms
Index Charts and checklists