Research Paper Writing & Citation Guide 

Copies of each of the following books are available at Swem Library's Reference Desk and Circulation/Reserves Desk.

(Ref)  BF76.7 .P83 2010
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed., 2010)

NOTE:  Many errors have been identified in the first printing of this new (6th) edition of the Publication Manual of the APA.  Here's a link to corrections, provided by APA: 

http://supp.apa.org/style/pubman-reprint-corrections-for-2e.pdf

(Ref)  BF76.7 .P8312 2007
APA Style Guide to Electronic References (2007)

The latest (6th) edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association recommends that electronic sources that have been assigned DOI (digital object identifier) numbers use those DOI numbers in the citations.  Please see sections 6.31 and 7.01, 7.02, etc.

APA Style: Tips and FAQs

Compiled by College of William & Mary Reference Librarians

Sections and pages cited below are from:

PM  = Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed., 2010)

ER = APA Style Guide to Electronic References (2007)

1.  How do I indicate references for items retrieved electronically?

PM:  Sections 6.31 and 7.01 through 7.11
ER:  see the whole publication 

2.  What do I do if my document doesn’t have a date?

PM:  Section 6.28.  Also, look in the index under "Publication Date" 
ER:   page 23

3.  How do I cite unpublished works, “in-press” or "preprint" articles ?

PM:  Sections 7.09 (look in the index under “Unpublished work”)
ER:  pages 8-9

4.  How do I format a citation for an ERIC document?

PM:  Section 7.03

 5.  How should I include a list of definitions in my dissertation?

PM:  Perhaps in the Appendix....see Section 2.13