Additional APA Resources
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab [OWL]A fantastic resource for college writers. See their APA 2009 page for additional APA tips and examples.
- U. of Illinois Center for Writing Studies - APAA one-click citation helper offered by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Getting Started with APA StyleA basic guide provided by the University of British Columbia.
- APA StyleThe Web site for the APA style guide, including supplemental materials and reprint corrections.
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APA Edition
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition by ISBN: 9781433805615Publication Date: 2010
Examples in this guide are based on:
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Many citation sites that help students create bibliographies have not updated their information to include the recent changes to APA style. Check with your professors to see which version of APA style you should use for your classes.
For further APA guidance, see the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.
The American Psychological Association maintains a page of supplemental materials that are referenced from, but not printed in, the actual manual. The APA released a list of corrections to the first printing (July 2009) online. Please refer to this list for corrections that might not appear in your version of the APA Publication Manual.
Credit
This guide is based on the work done by Rob Synder at Bowling Green State University and Nicole Robinson at Muskingum University.
