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APA 7th edition Style references

  • APA 7th Quick Reference Guide: A two page, large type, color coded guide to the three most common APA 7th citations - Journal Article, Book, Edited Book.​
  • APA Style: an authoritative site by the publishers of APA Publication Manual, includes an excellent blog where they do deep dives into the details.
  • ​​​Basics of APA 7th: A self-paced online overview of APA 7th fundamentals.
  • ​APA Style: an authoritative site by the publishers of APA Publication Manual, includes an excellent blog where they do deep dives into the details.​
  • ​​Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) APA style and Writing Guide: look at the menu on the left for specific APA topics
  • ​St. Scholastica Guide to APA 7th: use the tabs and drop-down menus to see examples for various formats

​APA 7th edition is the official citation style for the Reiss Davis Graduate School. You will be required to purchase a copy of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition, but the resources listed here will give you concise overviews of the style, plus help with automatically generating citations in the correct style. Please note that your APA 7th print edition and the style guides  should be consulted if in doubt, as not all citation generators are completely APA 7th compliant.

Find the Right Words

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OneLook's thesaurus and reverse dictionary lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and phrases related to that concept. Your description can be anything at all: a single word, a few words, or even a whole sentence.
Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
The APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms contains nearly 10,000 terms used to index APA databases and contains scope notes and broader and narrower terminology for entries. It is updated regularly and can be used to pinpoint standard current psychological terminology.

Polish Your Language

These websites don’t go into as much depth as  books, but they cover the basics of grammar, punctuation, style, usage, and/or mechanics.
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The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University: The “Grammar and Mechanics” section contains links to handouts on grammar (e.g., “how to use adjectives and adverbs”), punctuation (e.g., “conquering the comma,” style (e.g., “sentence clarity”), and mechanics (e.g., numbers, spelling).

Ask Betty, University of Washington—Information on how to decode instructor comments like “awk”; questions and answers from students (e.g., “When do I use whom?”); and a section on grammar, style, and punctuation topics (e.g., active and passive voice, cohesion).
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22 Short Films about Grammar--These one-minute videos, created by Mark C. Marino, cover common errors in grammar, punctuation, and style in a hilarious way. Check out, for example, "the Sopronouns" and "Pirates of the Parallel Structure."  

Other Grammar Resources and Apps

Grammarly: Free grammar and punctuation help with browser extension; features include advanced spell checker, plagiarism assistance, and explanation of rules. Premium version available for a fee.

Grammar Bytes!  Interactive exercises on topics such as run-on sentences, sentence fragments, irregular verbs, commas, pronoun agreement, pronoun reference, subject-verb agreement, and word choice. Also contains tip sheets and definitions of grammatical terms.
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Common Errors in English Usage.  Web site created by Washington State University Professor Paul Brians focusing on usage (as opposed to grammar more generally).  Useful for determining whether a word or phrase is acceptable in Standard English (e.g., “whipped cream” versus “whip cream”) or distinguishing between two very similar words (e.g., “uninterested” versus “disinterested”). 

Tools to help focus on Writing

  • Timeboxing: You Will Work Like Never Before
  • Marinara Timer: Free, web-based Pomodoro timer. (http://www.marinaratimer.com/) 
  • Q10: Windows only. Text editing freeware; portable app version that can be run from a thumb drive. (http://www.baara.com/q10/) 

​Resources on Mindfulness and Writing

  • A Mindful Free-Writing Exercise
  • How to Use Mindfulness to Write More with Less Effort
  • Writing Down the Bones
  • Prolific Moment by Alexandria Peary--book, blog, TEDx talk
While citation tools can be helpful when dealing with large numbers of citations, make sure to always check your citations for errors prior to submission.

Citation managers with Word integration

https://www.zotero.org/
Free open source citation and bibliography software for Mac and Windows that integrates with Word and OfficeLibre. Browser Plug-ins available for major browsers. See their Get Started Guide. And their guide to Word Processor Integration. Paid version with more online storage available.
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Free social bibliographic citation software that operated online, on desktops, and in ios and android environments. Premium accounts available with more storage.

Online Citation Generators

CiteFast - a completely free citation generator and manager. Create an account to store bibliographies indefinitely. This resource is currently promoted in the Dissertation Development class.
Citethisforme - free bibliography generator, free account to save bibliographies.  Also has a guide  to APA .
Citation Machine - generated automatic bibliographies, also contains basic guidance to apa style

Book Recommendations

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Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th Edition, Spiral Bound The spiral bound version is recommended for reference use, as it will lie flat, has color coded tabs and is optimally organized for ease of use as a reference. ISBN: 9781433832178
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Strunk & White's The Elements of Style, 4th edition This slim volume contains concise advice on how to declutter and optimize for clarity in your writing. Highly recommended, and should be available from all public libraries. Paperback ISBN: 9780205309023
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