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A GUIDE TO APA DOCUMENTATION is a perfect companion for those who are required to use the APA for their research papers.
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"Clear and concise, the overview of APA mechanics and, importantly, the step-by-step guide to the research process, provide students a user friendly resource tailored to undergraduate research assignments."
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"This is a direct, uncluttered introduction to APA Style that should be a very handy reference for student writers in the social sciences."
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"This book offers an easy to use, thorough, up-to-date guide for students. It provides the information that students most often need, but seem to struggle to find in more complex guides."
About the Author
Joseph F. Trimmer is the professor of English and director of The Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University. The author of numerous articles on literature, culture and literacy, Professor Trimmer's books include THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION: THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS (1978), UNDERSTANDING OTHERS: CULTURAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES AND THE TEACHING OF LITERATURE (1992), and NARRATION AS KNOWLEDGE: TALES OF THE TEACHING LIFE (1997). Professor Trimmer has also worked on 20 documentary films for PBS including the six-part series, "Middletown" (1982). His textbooks include WRITING WITH A PURPOSE, 14th Edition (2004), THE RIVERSIDE READER 9th Edition (2008), and eFICTIONS (2002). Trimmer's A GUIDE TO MLA DOCUMENTATION, 9th Edition is a perennial bestseller and he has recently published A GUIDE TO APA DOCUMENTATION.
Table of Contents
1. Research and Composition. Evaluating References. Recording Reference Information. Taking Notes. Quoting References. Summarizing and Paraphrasing References. Avoiding Plagiarism. 2. Documenting References. 3. Using Footnotes. 4. Preparing List of References. Sample Entries: Articles in Print. Sample Entries: Books in Print. Sample Entries: Online Publications. Sample Entries: Audiovisual and Miscellaneous Sources. 5. APA Research Paper Format. 6. Annotated Student Research Paper.