Look for DOI or NOT on every article/book etc.
Ideas to improve writing P. 125-
Abbreviations 172-178.-127.
Abbreviations for REFERENCES. P. 306 Sec. 9.50
ABSTRACT Sec. 2.9 p. 38, see JARS and Formatting, See Sec. 3.3 for publication.
Overlap of abstract and introduction-P73-75. JARS
Sec. 24-2.15.
Good Abstract JARS p. 33 and Sec. 1.1-1.10
Advance Publications/ In press p318 #7 and #8.
Alignment, Paragraph 2.23
Anthropomorphism- don’t p. 117.
Appendix/appendices 2.14.
Approximations- don’t use them. Use precise scholarly language. P. 116.
Archives unpublished 285, 346, 290, 296-7
Article numbers see 294 bottom and Ch. 10 ex. 6.
Article online/ web. P320 #18.
Archival Version or Published Version. P258. (ERIC Archives on in-press).
Author of APA/byline 34-37
AUTHORS NAMES AFFILIATION SEC. 2.5-6, p. 34 - 35
AUTHOR’S NOTE. 2.7 p. 34 - 37
AUTHORSHIP ORDER SEC. 2.5 AND BYLINE,
Author citation year IN TEXT graph 34-35, 266-8.
Works with 1 to 2 list both.// Works with 3+ name of only first author plus et al. in every citation, including first. (Sec. 8.18.)
Author Name (Byline) 2.5
Author Note 2.7
Author, unknown 264-5, 306. Works without in text 265, 289, 306, 325, 329
Author, Reference List (up to 20 listed list all with &, when 21 or more cite 19 then insert three ellipsis points with NO & ADD final Ch. 10. Ex. 4) 286, 305, 317 #4
Author is a group-288-9, in text first time spell out, after that use abbreviation See note on table 8.1 p 266. See 268.
Author’s possession- unpublished. P. 336.
Authored report 285-6 non-government
Blog 66, 320.#17.
Body Text 2.11
Books 321-9
See also Sources 293. Book or Report ( ) after title for more information 291 (ed. & vol.)
Textbooks and reference works- 321-25. (10.2)
E-books platform not included (kindle) See rest 321. Ebsco/ Ebrary etc. #25 322, and Sec. 9.30.
Book title treated like sentence but is not italicized 321 (Article title is not.)
Book/ Chapter title not italicized but then the book title is italicized! 326-329
Book Chapter edited 295 Ch. 10 #38-48), 326 to 328 etc. (parts of book).
For chapter in book create a reference for all the book. (Ex. 20-23.) Provide chapter number with in –text citation only. See sec. 8.13
Books /part of books, editors, parts of books too 295.
Books edition (ed.) after italicized title. P. 285, 295
Bracketed Descriptions 292 and below.
Chapters (edited) and entries in reference works 10.3 326-329.
CHARACTERS, SPECIAL 2.20
Cochrane Database page.319. #13.
Citations in text or Parenthetical citations see sample papers also chapter 8.
Cities States (Change place of Publisher no longer) 295 but see 9.21 page 292.
Works with specific locations (conference) see 297 sec 9.31.
Classroom sources P 259
Conciseness & Clarity 4.4
Reasons why-cited more, easier to read.
Code of Ethics- 330. #55
Comment on an online periodical article or post 320 #18.
Compliance- Ethical Compliance Form Sec. 12.13 When Publishing have proof of compliance.
Confidentiality sec. 1.19. & Code of Ethics.
Correction, after publishing p. 13.
Contractions, use of- does and don’ts p. 116 sec. 4.8.
Colloquialisms, use of, don’t use them. Sec. 4.8 p 116.
Data Retention and Sharing 1.14 and 1.15; reasons not to share p. 13 bottom.
Database- Do not include unless p. 297, 337. See Ch. 10. Without DOI or URL 297.
But ProQuest Dissertations etc. different.
Disguise- p.22- Reports that cannot…should not be published.
Dissertation/ Theses 333-4 Sec. 12.1
DSM 234 Section 32.
DOI/W out DOI 298-300. Not sure? Read sections 9.34-9.36.
E-books- see above under books, 321-22, 323, 326-327.
Edition is ed. 321.323-5, 326-328.
Editor is Ed. or Eds. 184 (Part of book with editor)20, 291, 293, 326-28, 322, 302)
Editorial reference example 320 #19
ERIC-JSTOR institutional repository or archive. Chapter 10 #73-74. Page 297, 337 #74
ERIC/Jstor use home or entry page URL of archive like eric.ed.gov
Without DOI or URL . See Ch. 10. Without DOI or URL, 297. See Unpublished Work ERIC 337.
Et al. (not italicized) when to use. 63, 266-7
Ethical Principles / Compliance Checklist page 26 1.25
Ethical Compliance Form for publication Sec. 12.13.
Figures. Ch. 7
Font 2.19
Footnotes 2.13
FORMATINING:
See chapter 2. (paper elements & formats, title page, authors names & affiliations, author’s notes, running head, abstract, texts,
reference list, appendix, supplemental) 2.16.
Fluff p. 113. (too short, too long
Government report 329 #50.
Grammar p. 117-123
Headers, Page 2.18
Headings 47-67
Heading Levels 2.27
Hypothesis is “preplanned-primary –preplanned secondary or exploratory (Post-Hoc). P. 13
Indentation, Paragraph sec. 2.24 p. 75
Interviews P. 259
Intranet Sources P. 259
Introduction JARS- p 71-75, sec. 3.4 and 2.27
Jargon, specialized vocabulary, hinders comprehension. P.116
JARs- Journal Articles Reporting Standards. (Abstract. Research Designs. Quantitative, Qualitative, Mixed. Chapter 3.
Journal 316-321
Keywords. P 38-39. And Sec. 6.14.
Literature Review Articles p. 8 & 75
Line spacing 2.21
Magazine online/ web-. P320 #15 typical experimental and non-experimental studies.
Margins 2.21
Metadata- keywords- subjects. 2.10.
Methodological Articles sec. 1.8
Missing info/ volumes, issues/ omit p 316.
Mixed method articles p. 6 sec. 1.3
Modifiers, dangling, p. 123-4.
Names, weird etc. Section 9 esp. 9.8
Newspaper online- . P320 #16
No source-not recoverable. P300.9.37
Noun strings 4.3 p. 112-3
Numbers use words, in the Title spell out 178-181, 6.33.
Online works-Dates- no dates in citation unless change over time. 290 No date- 291.n.d. (sec. 9.17)
For Web. 251-2. Read examples. 291. 324-5. 328. 340-1. 347. 34950.351-2.
Retrieval dates. Read complete. 290. Use for unstable or changing sources (Facebook) (not stable).
Orchid – ID- 31 (Fig. 2.1), 35-36.(2.7), 38 (Figure 2.3)
Orchid ID pages 31, 35-36, 38
Organizations, Webpages, Website, Group. Section 10.16.111
Organization, Paper 2.26 to end of the chapter.
Page Headers. 2.18
Pages 2.17
Paper Length 2.25
Papers, examples 50-67.
Paragraph Alignment & Indention 2.23- 2.24
Paraphrases and Quotations 269-78.
Peer Reviewed-NOT- (works other than PR articles, books, reports, etc) provide a description of the work In square brackets after the title and before the period. You may use brackets back to back in references. 292.(EX. Audiobooks, gray literature, press releases, audiovisual works- films, youtube, photographs, software and mobile apps, data sets, manuscripts in prep. And dissertations and theses, social media to indicate attached links or images. Capitalize the first letter of the description but do not italicize)
Parenthetical citations see sample papers also chapter 8
Peer Review Process p. 376-378
Personal Correspondence/Communications/ P. 260
(emails, text, online chat. Direct messages, personal interviews, telephone conversations, live speeches, unrecorded classroom lectures, live
speeches, unrecorded classroom lectures, memos, letters, nonarchived discussion groups or online bulletin boards etc.– no source. Sec. 8.9
Primary sources over secondary sources. P 258.
Privacy/ Confidentiality sec. 1.18-19
Pronouns- p. 120-21
Editorial We- p.120.
Singular They. P. 120
Pronouns for people vs. animals. (Who, That).
Pronouns for Objects and Subjects of a verb. (Whom or who).
Restrictive and Nonrestrictive clauses (That / Which) Sec. 4.21
Publication date web 351-2. With chart.
Publishing- Ethical Legal Professional standards of publishing page 11. Section 8.
Publishers name abbreviations 295-6.
Write out association, ---corporations, university presses. DROP Publishers, Company, Inc. LLI?
Qualitative/Quantitative p. 4-5 p. 13 etc and JARS. p 7-8.
Quantitative Standards 3.5p. 77-94 JARS
Qualitative Standards 3.14- 95-105 JARS
Mixed. 105-108 JARS
Reference Examples Start 313 Ch. 10.
Reference List 2.12
Reports, Student Assigned – p. 9-10, Sec. 1.,10
Reviews: Sec. 10.7 page 334.
Revised/ journals use [ ] books ( ) 209, 219. 292 reprinted 302.
Running Head- 2.8 only required for manuscripts seeking publication.
Sample Papers 50-67
Secondary sources/ when to cite. P258
Sentence structure p.113. (Better to use short words and sentences).
Constructions. Sec. 4.9.p. 123 .
Parallel Construction p. 124.
Sharing standards Sec. 8.14! and 1.14. p. 11-17.
Supplemental Data, Materials 2.15
Student Papers, p. 30 sec. 2.2
Tables Ch. 7
Test and Measures- copyright 385-6, 204, references to 313, 340-1, titles of 168.
Tests. Scales, and Inventories 10.11 page. 340-341.
Text, Body 2.11
Textbooks and reference works- 321-25. (10.2)
Thesis/ Dissertation 297
Title Page 2.3
Transitions 4.2
Unpublished or Informal Publication from ERIC 297, 337, #74
See also Sources 293. Book or Report ( ) after title for more information 291 (ed. & vol.)
Verbs. P. 117-8
Mood. P. 119. Form authors use to express their attitude READ.
Subject and Verb Agreement. P 119.
Voice, active and passive p. 118.
Vol. & Issue 292.323.328. (missing see 294.) For all that have issue numbers include issue. 294. 9.25.
Webpages, Website, Group. Section 10.16
Wordiness, redundancy p113, Sec. 4.5
Word choices be deliberate p113. Informal and academic style-
Say what you mean to say.
Feel= think, believe. Informal style. Don’t use for academic.
Don’t use words with multiple meanings.
Significant could mean important or could mean statistical significance when used for testing.
Make sure you use the correct wording so that scholars and non scholars will understand.