SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT APA STYLE

EXCELLENT SUMMARIES OF APA STYLE RULES

University of Minnesota summary of APA style

Degelman & Harris’s summary of APA Style

Russ Dewey’s APA Research Style Crib Sheet

APA PUBLICATION MANUAL AND SOFTWARE

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition), is available at www.apa.org/books/. It provides guidance in many important aspects of manuscript preparation, such as preparation of an abstract, appropriate content of specific sections, logical organization of an article, and format of references. While it presents explicit style requirements, alternatives are sometimes necessary. Authors should balance its rules with good judgment. In addition, see Essential Other Parts of Manuscripts under Manuscript Preparation.