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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition (2019) by the American Psychological Association - a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller, and Amazon #1 Bestseller in Academic & Scholarly Writing with over 34,000 reviews - is the newest official release of the most widely used style manual in the social and behavioral sciences. The seventh edition is the official source for APA Style and includes four different formats - spiral-bound and tabbed, paperback, hardcover - all in full color.
With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, the Publication Manual is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and other fields. Known for its authoritative, easy-to-use reference and citation system, the Publication Manual also offers guidance on choosing the headings, tables, figures, language, and tone that result in powerful, concise, and elegant scholarly communication.
The manual guides users through the scholarly writing process - from the ethics of authorship to reporting research through publication. The seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to address contemporary scholarly communication needs, including digital sources, accessibility, bias-free language, and statistical reporting.
Topics covered: scholarly writing and publishing principles; paper elements and format including title page, abstract, headings, tables, and figures; writing style and grammar; bias-free language guidelines including age, disability, gender, racial and ethnic identity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status; mechanics of style including punctuation, spelling, capitalization, italics, abbreviations, numbers, and statistical and mathematical copy; tables and figures construction; works credited in the text - quotations, paraphrasing, and in-text citations; reference list construction with new and updated examples for journal articles, books, edited book chapters, dissertations and theses, reports, conference presentations, audiovisual works, online sources, social media, and data sets; legal references; and journal article reporting standards (JARS) for quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research.
Essential for: undergraduate and graduate students writing papers, theses, and dissertations; doctoral candidates preparing dissertations and journal manuscripts; faculty members publishing in APA-style journals; nursing students writing scholarly papers; psychology, education, social work, communications, and business students; journal editors and peer reviewers; academic writing centers; and any researcher submitting to APA-style publications.
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