APA Referencing

Style

2010- 6 Editionth

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Introduction
American Psychological Association (APA) has released the
latest edition of the APA Referencing Style Guide 2010 in their
Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association.
It was updated on 21st of December 2009. As we all know APA
Referencing Style is the choice of many writers, editors,
students and educators in the social and behavior al sciences
It offers guidance on choosing the headings, tables, figures
and tone that will result in the simple yet strong and elegant
scientific research papers or reports.

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Basic APA Referencing Rules:
Rule 1
The names of the authors should be
in reverse (last name first) and the
initials for all the authors of a
particular work.

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Basic APA Referencing Rules:
Rule 2
If you have more than article by the
same author, single-author references
or multiple-author references with
the exact same order are listed in
order by the year of publication,
starting with the earliest.

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Basic APA Referencing Rules:
Rule 3
When referring to any work that is
not a journal, such as a book, article,
or webpage, capitalize only the first
letter of the first word of a title and
subtitle, the first word after a colon or
a dash in the title.

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Basic APA Referencing Rules:
Other formatting rules to be remembered
Capitalize all major works in journal titles
Italicize titles of longer works such as
books and journals
Do not italicize, underline, or put quotes
around the titles of shorter works such as
journal articles or essays in edited
collections

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Basic APA Referencing Rules:
Other formatting rules to be remembered
While writing in APA style the first person view
should not be used. Unless the author or writer
is a senior scholar who has earned some
credibility to speak as an expert in the field
Clarity and conciseness is must while writing.
One has to be specific rather than vague in
descriptions and explanations. Giving details
accurately will help the readers follow the
development of the study.
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Basic APA Referencing Rules:
Other formatting rules to be remembered
 Word choice is also of big importance while following
APA style. Select your words carefully. Within the realm
of social sciences commonly used words give different
meanings and can have an impact on how the readers
interpret your report. Using terms like “participants”
instead of “subjects” can show how the participants were
actually treated
 Avoid poetic or creative language. As APA is for social
sciences avoiding poetic language would be much better
as using that language will definitely raise more doubts
than clearing them.
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Changes in the 6th Edition – APA
The sixth edition has been revised and updated to
include the following
New guidelines on topics such as authorship
determination, duplicate publication, plagiarism and
self-plagiarism, disguising participants, validity of
instrumentation and making data available for
verification by others
New journal article reporting standards to help readers
report experiential research with clarity and precision
Simplified APA heading style to make it more
conducive for electronic publication

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Changes in the 6th Edition – APA
 It has updated the guidelines for the reduction of bias in
language to reflect the current practices and preferences
including a new section for presenting historical
language that is inappropriate by present day standards
 The electronic representation of data has been
significantly expanded to help readers understand the
purpose of each kind of display and choose the best
match for communicating the results of investigation
 Merging information with regard to reference citations
in respect of electronic sources emphasizing the role of
the digital object identifier (DOI)1 as a reliable way to
locate information and
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Changes in the 6th Edition – APA
 Publication process has been discussed which included
the functions and processes of peer review; a discussion
of ethical, legal and policy requirements in publication
and guidelines for working with the publisher while the
article is in press

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