Writing Scientific Articles
Title: Writing for Publication
By: Daryl J. Bem
Description: The following are articles by Daryl J. Bem. They provide advice
and tips on writing empirical and review articles for publication.
Bem, D. J. (2003) Writing the empirical journal article. [PDF]
Bem, D. J. (1995). Writing a review article for Psychological
Bulletin. Psychological Bulletin, 118, 172-177. [PDF]
APA STYLE 6th Edition
Title: APA Style
Official Website
By: American Psychological Association
Description: The Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (APA) 6th Edition (2010) contains a set of rules for
the preparation of manuscripts for clear and concise communication. Most
psychology journals follow the standard that is outlined in this manual.
This is the official page for the APA
6th Edition by the American Psychological Association. In addition to product
advertisement, this site has supplementary materials, a "Frequently Asked
Questions" section, and free tutorials on "The Basics of APA Style" and "What's
New in the Sixth Edition." If you want to go straight to the tutorials, click on
the following:
Basics
of APA Style Tutorial
What's New in the
Sixth Edition
Title: APA Overview
Description: The following is a list of websites that highlight the critical
rules of The Publication Manual of the APA 6th Edition. These sites touch on
rules relating to formatting, headings, citing, etc. Keep in mind that there
maybe subtle mistake on a website as there are many nuances to the rules in the
manual.
APA Style Essentials (D. Degelman & M. L. Harris)
APA Formatting and Style Guide (The Owl @ Purdue)
APA Research
Style Crib Sheet (R. Dewey & A.
Scribe)
APA (6th Edition)
(Nova South Eastern University & Broward City. Board of County Commissioners)
Title: APA
Citation Style
Description: APA citation style refers to the rules
and conventions for documenting sources used in a research paper. Two
elements are necessary to document sources: In-Text Citations and a Reference
List. Together these elements identify and credit the sources consulted in the
paper and allow others to access or retrieve this material. The following
sites relate to one or both components necessary for documenting sources:
In-Text Citations and a
Reference List
APA
Citation Style (Concordia University Libraries)
APA Citation Style
Reference List
APA Reference
Style Guide (M. Strahan, Northern Michigan University)
This page
contains examples of how to reference various material (from articles to
online sources) in a Reference List. This page has a great section on Digital
Object Identifiers (DOIs), as they are emphasised in APA 6th Edition. They
also have a tutorial to explain Digital Object Identifiers. For a direct link
to the tutorial, click
here.
Title: APA Language
Description: The following are web pages addressing the APA 6th Edition's general principles on
writing.
Title: APA
Formatting
Description: The following are links to help with formatting:
APA Style Citation
Formats - Great YouTube video describing how to format a Word 2007
document in APA 6th Edition style. The video quickly touches on the Abstract,
Introduction, In-Text Citations, and how to format the Reference List as well.
Formatting Class Assignments - A video by NOVA for formatting a class
assignment in APA 6th Edition style.
APA STYLE 5th Edition
Title: APA Overview
Description: The following is a list of websites that highlight the critical
rules of The Publication Manual of the APA 5th Edition.
Psychology
with Style (M. Plonsky)
APA Research
Style Crib Sheet (R. Dewey & A.
Scribe)
Title: APA Citation
Style
Description: The following are pages related to
In-Text Citations and the Reference List.
In-Text Citations
APA In-Text Citations (D. Hacker)
Tips on Using
References (F. Pajares)
Reference List
The
Reference List
Creating
an APA Styles Cited List (Colorado State University)
APA List of References
(D.
Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper (Duke U. Libraries)
Title: APA-Language
Description: The following are web pages addressing the APA 5th Edition general principles on
writing.
APA Text Rules
Title: APA-Tables, Figures,
and Stats
Description: The following are web pages outlining specific rules regarding creating tables and figures and reporting
statistics according to the APA 5th Edition.
Presenting
Numbers & Statistics in APA Style (A. Scribe)
APA 5th Edition - Handouts
Title:
Template and Handouts
Description: If you want to print out some aspects of the APA 5th Edition rules, here are a series of handouts collected from various sources:
Quick Study 1
(D. Wendth, Jr.)
Quick Study 2
(A. Scribe)
Quick Study 3 (D.
Degelman and M. L. Harris)
Study Guide 1
(The Owl @ Purdue)
Study Guide 2 (A. Scribe)
Study
Guide 3 (Lethbridge College)
Sample Paper 1 (J. Kahn)
Headings 1
(A. Klaum & D. Baer, University of Delaware Writing Center)
Bias 1 (F.
Pajares, Emory University)
Citing 1 (Kent State Univeristy
Libraries)
Citing 2 (St. Francis Xavier
University, The Writing Centre)
Citing 3
(St. Francis Xavier University, The Writing Centre)
Citing 4 (Okanagan College Library)
Citing 5 (Dalhousie University Library)
Citing 6 (Cal State University Guide)
Stats 1 (University of Washington,
Psychology Writing Center)
Style 1
(Conestoga College, Writing Service)
Style 2 (A. Scribe)
Style 3
(University of Washington, Psychology Writing Center)
Tables 1 (University of Washington,
Psychology Writing Center)
Tables
& Figures1 (Conestoga College, Writing Service)
Formatting and Citation Programs
Title: Formatting
and Citation Programs
Description: These are commercial programs that can be used to help with
formatting and citing a paper that follows the APA's 5th and/or 6th Edition
rules and regulations.
Citation Machine
Endnote
Scholarword
EazyPaper