Appendix B: APA Style and Format Guidelines

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Web Resources

Web 1: University of Washington Psychology Writing Center

Description: Links to guides for writing a literature review, writing a research report, reporting statistical results, and so on.

Web 2: APA Quick Guide

Description: A quick guide to APA format for citations and references, with examples.

Web 3: A Self-Scoring Exercise on APA Style and Research Language by Marilyn Freimuth (updated 2008)

Description: Provides brief Discussion and References sections for students to correct APA format and language errors. Answer key (with explanations) is also provided.

doi Finder

Web 4: http://www.crossref.org/SimpleTextQuery/

Description: Website that provides doi when single or multiple references are entered. Requires students to register and then provide e-mail each time they use the cite.

Web 5: FAQs About APA Style

Description: Answers to frequently asked questions about APA style.

Web 6: Tutorial for APA style

Description: Tutorial for learning the basics of APA style. Designed for beginners.