Full Description
The how to guide to college research and writing. Becoming a college writer means becoming a college researcher, and it can be a challenge for students to keep all of the guidelines and best practices straight for each class. Enter A Pocket Style Manual, APA Version. The eighth edition—with its emphasis on step-by-step how-to instruction that helps students apply writing, research , and citation advice in practical, transferable ways—is a powerful companion for writing in all disciplines. What's more, it covers all aspects of writing in APA style, including over 100 APA documentation models and 11 sample student papers in diverse genres, from a literature review to a laboratory report to a professional memo. With Pocket's new research help, tested and trusted grammar and style advice, and digital tools that make practice, tracking, and grading simple, you've got the most powerful pocket guide for college writing and research.
Contents
Writing Papers in APA Style.- 1. Writing college papers in APA style.- 2. Understanding APA conventions.- 3. Posing questions to start a paper.- 4. Finding appropriate sources.- 5. Evaluating sources.- 6. Managing information; avoiding plagiarism.- 7. Supporting a thesis.- 8. Avoiding plagiarism.- 9. Integrating sources.- Formatting Papers in APA Style.- 10. Parts of a paper in APA style.- 11. APA paper format.- 12. Sample pages from papers in APA style.- Documenting Sources in APA Style.- 13. APA in-text citations.- 14. APA list of references.- 15. APA notes.- Clarity.- 16. Tighten wordy sentences.- 17. Prefer active verbs.- 18. Balance parallel ideas.- 19. Add needed words.- 20. Eliminate confusing shifts.- 20a. Shifts in point of view.- 20b. Shifts in tense.- 21. Untangle mixed constructions.- 22. Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers.- Grammar.- 25. Make subjects and verbs agree.- 26. Be alert to other problems with verbs.- 27. Use pronouns with care.- 28. Use adjectives and adverbs appropriately.- 29. Repair sentence fragments.- 30. Revise run-on sentences.- 31. Consider grammar topics for multilingual writers.- Punctuation.- 32. The comma.- 33. The semicolon and the colon.- 34. The apostrophe.- 35. Quotation marks.- 36. Other marks.- Mechanics.- 37. Capitalization.- 38. Abbreviations.- 39. Numbers.- 40. Italics.- 41. Spelling.- 42. Hyphenation.- Glossaries.- Glossary of usage.- Glossary of grammatical terms.- Index.- Documentation directories.- Charts and lists for quick reference.- List of sample pages from student papers.- Revision symbols.
