Harriet Vane Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I have always taught MLA style. However, since dd is going into social studies, she must learn APA style. Can you recommend a user-friendly resource? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Many universities will have a basic summary of APA rules on their website. If you're a serious academic (or have a lecturer who is) that simply won't suffice. For most questions beyond the basics (and even for some of those) I go to the APA's blog, where they answer questions or deal with specific scenarios. http://blog.apastyle.org A good knowledge of APA is obviously important for double checking, but most of the work is done by a citation tool nowadays. A pleasant surprise when I returned to studies after a decade away from academic writing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatechip Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Purdue OWL is the best I've come across. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 It also seams ( here in Aus at least) that each institution has a slight variation of their own of APA. All the universities I have done units with had a free printable their preferred APA interpretation that is essential.so frustrating to loose a mark because you follow an APA guide that said a full stop and the university preferred a comma in the end of text reference list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnificent_baby Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 If she is going to use it extensively, I would get the blue APA manual from Amazon. If you are going this route, I highly recommend the spiral bound. If it's just for a paper or two, I'd recommend the Perdue OWL website. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 For extensive research I would also look into using Zotero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 6th edition Style Manual is the official guide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronSpider Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I use this http://citatior.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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