APA offers free upgrade of APA style manual, 6th edition, first printing

The first printing of the APA style manual, 6th edition released in July, has several errors.  APA has posted a corrections sheet, linked from the APA homepage.

APA has announced that it will exchange copies of the first printing with a revised second printing. Anyone interested in making the exchange (free) should contact APA customer service through the APA switchboard at 800-374-2721 or 202-336-5500. The Service Center is open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (CST).  To be eligible for this offer, purchasers must return their books by December 15.

The corrections sheet has been added to Milner Library copies of the first printing.  Exchange of library copies for the revised second printing is in progress. 

 

Corrections to APA Style Manual, 6th edition

The American Psychological Association has compiled a list of errors in the first printing of the new (6th edition) APA style manual.  The list is posted on the APA website (see Corrections to the First Printing (July 2009). 

The corrections list is being placed in Milner Library copies of the 6th edition.  We are investigating replacement of our copies with newer, more accurate printings.

New materials at Milner, September 2009

Call No: BF39 .K53 2008	Title: Statistical reasoning in the behavioral sciences / Bruce M. King and Edward W. Minium.
Author: King, Bruce M.	Imprint: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF637.B85 H66 2008	Title: Bullying prevention handbook : a guide for principals, teachers, and counselors / John H. Hoover, Ronald Oliver.
Author: Hoover, John H.	Imprint: Bloomington, IN : Solution Tree, C2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF1576 .A33 2008	Title: Specter of Salem : remembering the witch trials in nineteenth-century America / Gretchen A. Adams.
Author: Adams, Gretchen A.	Imprint: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: HF5548.32 .F863 2009	Title: Web 2.0 and beyond : understanding the new online business models, trends, and technologies / Tom Funk.
Author: Funk, Tom, 1965-	Imprint: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ73.3.N62 K364 2009	Title: Allah made us : sexual outlaws in an Islamic African city / Rudolf Pell Gaudio.
Author: Gaudio, Rudolf Pell.	Imprint: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ76.2.U5 I834 2009	Title: Being homosexual : gay men and their development / Richard A. Isay.
Author: Isay, Richard A.	Imprint: New York : Vintage Books, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ76.8.U5 W46 2009	Title: Pre-gay L.A. : a social history of the movement for homosexual rights / C. Todd White.
Author: White, C. Todd, 1965-	Imprint: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ77.9 .S64 2009	Title: Social work practice with transgender and gender variant youth / edited by Gerald P. Mallon.
Author:	Imprint: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: LB1060 .H388 2009	Title: Visible learning : a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement / John A.C. Hattie.
Author: Hattie, John.	Imprint: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL6 Shelves
Call No: LB1060 .T87 2009	Title: Coaching for learning : a practical guide for encouraging learning / Jacquie Turnbull.
Author: Turnbull, Jacquie.	Imprint: London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL6 Shelves
Call No: RC516 .H67 2008	Title: Madness : a bipolar life / Marya Hornbacher.
Author: Hornbacher, Marya, 1974-	Imprint: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: BF76.5 .S24 2003	Title: Exploring research / Neil J. Salkind.
Author: Salkind, Neil J.	Imprint: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2003.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF311 .M446 1983	Title: Mental models / edited by Dedre Gentner, Albert L. Stevens.
Author:	Imprint: Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1983.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF723.C5 C35 2009	Title: Cambridge companion to Piaget / edited by Ulrich Müller, Jeremy I.M. Carpendale, Leslie Smith.
Author:	Imprint: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: HF5548.8 .J24 2009	Title: Management rewired : why feedback doesn’t work and other surprising lessons from the latest brain science / Charles S. Jacobs.
Author: Jacobs, Charles S.	Imprint: New York, N.Y. : Portfolio, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HM251 .A794 1997	Title: Social psychology / Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert.
Author: Aronson, Elliot.	Imprint: New York : Longman, c1997.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ23 .G65 2009	Title: In the grip of desire : a therapist at work with sexual secrets / Gale Holtz Golden.
Author: Golden, Gale Holtz.	Imprint: New York : Routledge, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ72.S65 H43 2009	Title: Bolshevik sexual forensics : diagnosing disorder in the clinic and courtroom, 1917-1939 / Dan Healey.
Author: Healey, Dan.	Imprint: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ75.5 .O935 2009	Title: Out in public : reinventing lesbian/gay anthropology in a globalizing world / edited by Ellen Lewin and William L. Leap.
Author:	Imprint: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ76 .D42 2009	Title: Unlimited intimacy : reflections on the subculture of barebacking / Tim Dean.
Author: Dean, Tim, 1964-	Imprint: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago press, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ76.8.U5 S63 2009	Title: Smash the church, smash the state! : the early years of gay liberation / edited by Tommi Avicolli Mecca.
Author:	Imprint: San Francisco, Calif. : City Lights Books, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ76.8.U6 M67 2009	Title: Moral panics, sex panics : fear and the fight over sexual rights / edited by Gilbert Herdt.
Author:	Imprint: New York : New York University Press, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: LB1065 .M357 2009	Title: Motivating every learner / Alan Mclean.
Author: Mclean, Alan, 1951-	Imprint: Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL6 Shelves
Call No: RC454 .T36	Title: Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in abnormal psychology.
Author:	Imprint: Guilford, CT : Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, c2000-
Type: Serial 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC469 .M457 2007	Title: Clinician’s handbook : integrated diagnostics, assessment, and intervention in adult and adolescent psychopathology / Robert G. Meyer, Christopher M. Weaver.
Author: Meyer, Robert G.	Imprint: Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, c2007.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC473.P79 U83 2004	Title: Use of psychological testing for treatment planning and outcomes assessment / edited by Mark E. Maruish.
Author:	Imprint: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC480 .C87 2008	Title: Current psychotherapies / editors, Raymond J. Corsini, Danny Wedding ; with the assistance of Frank Dumont.
Author:	Imprint: Australia ; Belmont, CA : Thomson Brooks/Cole, c2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC480 .H286 2004	Title: Bergin and Garfield’s handbook of psychotherapy and behavior change.
Author:	Imprint: New York, NY : Wiley, c2004.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC514 .J66 2004	Title: Coping with schizophrenia : a guide for patients, families and caregivers / Steven Jones and Peter Hayward.
Author: Jones, Steven (Steven H.)	Imprint: Oxford, England : Oneworld Pub., c2004.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC537 .H3376 2009	Title: Handbook of depression / edited by Ian H. Gotlib, Constance L. Hammen.
Author:	Imprint: New York : Guilford Press, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC564 .S826 2005	Title: Substance abuse : a comprehensive textbook / editors, Joyce H. Lowinson … [et al.].
Author:	Imprint: Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2005.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC570 .C515 2002	Title: Mental retardation : definition, classification, and systems of supports.
Author:	Imprint: Washington, D.C. : American Association on Mental Retardation, c2002.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves

Citing articles using APA 6th edition

APA 6^th edition has arrived.  Copies are available at multiple locations within the library: Floor 2 Reference and Floor 2 Desk Reference for use within the building, Floor 3 Shelves for borrowing.  The call number is BF 76.7 .P83 2010.

Unfortunately, APA has not yet made the manual available to libraries in electronic format.  However, APA has created a website called APA Style dedicated to the new manual. The site includes links to FAQs and a style blog.  You can also email questions to style experts on the APA staff.

Milner Library has developed a handout with examples of common citations using APA 6^th edition.  See APA Style Guide: 6^th Edition.  In addition, the RefWorks citation management service now provides the option of using APA 6^th.  The Preview Output Style option in the Tools menu of RefWorks provides examples of both reference list and in-text citations in APA 6^th for a large variety of publication types. 

One of the most discussed changes from APA 5^th to APA 6^th is the way articles are cited.  In APA 6^th, article citations include a digital object identifier, or DOI, if available.  If a DOI has been assigned to an article, you can find it either in the subscription database that indexes the journal (e.g., PsycINFO) or on the article itself.  APA 6^th edition requires inclusion of the DOI in the citation regardless whether the article is viewed online or in print.  If the article is viewed online but does not have a DOI, the website of the journal homepage is included in the citation rather than the URL of the article or the subscription database name, as was previously the case with APA 5^th.  Note the examples below from the Milner Library handout. (Note: Examples do not use required double spacing and hanging indent.)

Journal article with Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Electronic or print

Fong, J. (2009). Sacred nationalism: The Thai monarchy and primordial nation construction. Journal of  Contemporary Asia, 673-696. doi:10.1080/00472330903077030

Journal article without DOI
Print

Fong, J. (2009). Sacred nationalism: The Thai monarchy and primordial nation construction. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 673-696.

Journal article without DOI
Electronic

Fong, J. (2009). Sacred nationalism: The Thai monarchy and primordial nation construction. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 673-696.  Retrieved from http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00472336.asp

One of the more frustrating aspects of article citations using APA 6^th is inclusion of the journal URL when you have viewed an article online but a DOI is not available.  One might think it appropriate to use the URL of the article as viewed online.  Instead, APA 6^th stipulates using the URL of the journal website even though you have might not have viewed that site.  A Google search should successfully identify the journal URL.  If it does not, the URL can usually be found using the subscription database called Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory.  Ulrich’s is available via the Milner Library Databases & Article Indexes page.

RefWorks training

Attend a 1-hour workshop to activate your free RefWorks account and master the basics of creating reference lists and in-text citations automatically. RefWorks works with both APA 5th edition and APA 6th edition.  The next session is scheduled for Tuesday, September 29, 3 p.m., Milner 164d.  For more information and to register online, see RefWorks Training 2009.

New psychology materials at Milner, August 2009

Call No: BF39 .K53 2008	Title: Statistical reasoning in the behavioral sciences / Bruce M. King and Edward W. Minium.
Author: King, Bruce M.	Imprint: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF637.B85 H66 2008	Title: Bullying prevention handbook : a guide for principals, teachers, and counselors / John H. Hoover, Ronald Oliver.
Author: Hoover, John H.	Imprint: Bloomington, IN : Solution Tree, C2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF1576 .A33 2008	Title: Specter of Salem : remembering the witch trials in nineteenth-century America / Gretchen A. Adams.
Author: Adams, Gretchen A.	Imprint: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: HF5548.32 .F863 2009	Title: Web 2.0 and beyond : understanding the new online business models, trends, and technologies / Tom Funk.
Author: Funk, Tom, 1965-	Imprint: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ73.3.N62 K364 2009	Title: Allah made us : sexual outlaws in an Islamic African city / Rudolf Pell Gaudio.
Author: Gaudio, Rudolf Pell.	Imprint: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ76.2.U5 I834 2009	Title: Being homosexual : gay men and their development / Richard A. Isay.
Author: Isay, Richard A.	Imprint: New York : Vintage Books, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ76.8.U5 W46 2009	Title: Pre-gay L.A. : a social history of the movement for homosexual rights / C. Todd White.
Author: White, C. Todd, 1965-	Imprint: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ77.9 .S64 2009	Title: Social work practice with transgender and gender variant youth / edited by Gerald P. Mallon.
Author:	Imprint: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: LB1060 .H388 2009	Title: Visible learning : a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement / John A.C. Hattie.
Author: Hattie, John.	Imprint: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL6 Shelves
Call No: LB1060 .T87 2009	Title: Coaching for learning : a practical guide for encouraging learning / Jacquie Turnbull.
Author: Turnbull, Jacquie.	Imprint: London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL6 Shelves
Call No: RC516 .H67 2008	Title: Madness : a bipolar life / Marya Hornbacher.
Author: Hornbacher, Marya, 1974-	Imprint: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves

New psychology materials at Milner, July 2009

Call No: BF176 .T43 2008	Title: Tests : a comprehensive reference for assessments in psychology, education, and business / edited by Taddy Maddox.
Author:	Imprint: Austin, Tex. : Pro-Ed, c2008.
Type: Book No Circ	Location: FL2 Reference Noncirc
Call No: BF198.7 .H63 2009	Title: Forty studies that changed psychology : explorations into the history of psychological research / Roger R. Hock.
Author: Hock, Roger R., 1948-	Imprint: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF39 .C695 2008	Title: Introduction to classical and modern test theory / Linda Crocker, James Algina.
Author: Crocker, Linda M.	Imprint: Mason, Ohio : Cengage Learning, c2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF431 .D3545 2009	Title: Lifetime of intelligence : follow-up studies of the Scottish mental surveys of 1932 and 1947 / Ian J. Deary, Lawrence J. Whalley, and John M. Starr.
Author: Deary, Ian J.	Imprint: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF432.5.D49 D86 2009	Title: Essentials of DAS-II assessment / Ron Dumont, John O. Willis, Colin D. Elliott.
Author: Dumont, Ron.	Imprint: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF531 .G74 2008	Title: Emotion-focused couples therapy : the dynamics of emotion, love, and power / Leslie S. Greenberg, Rhonda N. Goldman.
Author: Greenberg, Leslie S.	Imprint: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF575.H3 S75 2008	Title: Nature of hate / Robert J. Sternberg, Karin Sternberg.
Author: Sternberg, Robert J.	Imprint: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF723.M4 D485 2009	Title: Development of memory in infancy and childhood / edited by Mary L. Courage and Nelson Cowan.
Author:	Imprint: Hove, [England] ; New York : Psychology Press, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF724 .H33 2009	Title: Handbook of adolescent psychology / edited by Richard M. Lerner, Laurence Steinberg.
Author:	Imprint: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF76.7 .P83 2010	Title: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
Author:	Imprint: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2010.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL3 Shelves
Call No: BF76.7 .P83 2010	Title: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
Author:	Imprint: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c2010.
Type: Book No Circ	Location: FL2 Ref Desk Noncirc
Call No: HM263 .A7864 2007	Title: Public relations writer’s handbook : the digital age / Merry Aronson, Don Spetner, Carol Ames.
Author: Aronson, Merry.	Imprint: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2007.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ27 .T448 2009	Title: Sex and the American teenager : seeing through the myths and confronting the issues / R. Murray Thomas.
Author: Thomas, R. Murray (Robert Murray), 1921-	Imprint: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ76.2.G7 U63 2009	Title: Before Wilde : sex between men in Britain’s age of reform / Charles Upchurch.
Author: Upchurch, Charles, 1969-	Imprint: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: HQ76.25 .K35 2009	Title: Homophobia : the state of sexual bigotry today / Martin Kantor.
Author: Kantor, Martin.	Imprint: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL4 Shelves
Call No: LB1060 .P355 2009	Title: Towards successful learning : furthering the development of successful learning and teaching in schools / Diana Pardoe.
Author: Pardoe, Diana.	Imprint: London : New York : Network Continuum, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL6 Shelves
Call No: LB1060 .P828 2009	Title: Accelerating student and staff learning : purposeful curriculum collaboration / Kay Psencik ; foreword by Stephanie Hirsh.
Author: Psencik, Kay.	Imprint: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL6 Shelves
Call No: LB1060 .W5435 2009	Title: Why don’t students like school? : a cognitive scientist answers questions about how the mind works and what it means for your classroom / Daniel T. Willingham.
Author: Willingham, Daniel T.	Imprint: San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL6 Shelves
Call No: RC480.55 .B73 2008	Title: Brief person-centred therapies / edited by Keith Tudor.
Author:	Imprint: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC480.8 .G88 2008	Title: Preventing boundary violations in clinical practice / Thomas G. Gutheil, Archie Brodsky.
Author: Gutheil, Thomas G.	Imprint: New York : Guilford Press, c2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC489.C63 G73 2008	Title: Assessment and case formulation in CBT / Alec Grant … [et al.].
Author:	Imprint: Los Angeles : London : SAGE, 2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC489.M55 C73 2009	Title: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy : distinctive features / Rebecca Crane.
Author: Crane, Rebecca, 1964-	Imprint: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC489.S65 D38 2007	Title: More than miracles : the state of the art of solution-focused brief therapy / Steve de Shazer, Yvonne Dolan ; with Harry Korman … [et al.].
Author: De Shazer, Steve.	Imprint: New York : Haworth Press, c2007.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves
Call No: RC537 .K44 2008	Title: How sadness survived : the evolutionary basis of depression / Paul Keedwell.
Author: Keedwell, Paul.	Imprint: Oxford ; New York : Radcliffe Pub., c2008.
Type: Book 16-4 wk	Location: FL5 Shelves

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APA 6th Edition has been loaded into RefWorks

The American Psychological Association released the 6^th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, aka APA Manual, on July 1.  RefWorks staff is in the process of making the new edition available to RefWorks users. 

To view the new APA 6^th Edition, use the Output Style Manager and add it as a favorite in your RefWorks account.  You can find the Output Style Manager in the Tools section of the RefWorks menu. 

Here’s information about APA 6th Edition from the RefWorks Technical Services Team:

“APA 6^th style is not a major change from APA 5^th output style.  The new version does not use the database name with the exception of ERIC documents (reports).  We have removed the database field from all reference types with the exception of reports.

The new edition of APA has changed the manner in which authors are to be listed in the text and in the reference list. The new reference list guidelines state that when there are seven or more authors there should only be seven authors presented. When there are more than seven authors the first six are to be listed, ellipses added after the sixth, and the last author added at the end.  In order for RefWorks to adhere to these changes, we will need to make modifications to our current Output Style Editor which will require program development.  In the short-term, our new APA style will list all authors and will require the user to manually remove the extra authors and add the ellipses.

The new guidelines allow for the inclusion of up to five authors in the first instance of an in-text citation and the use of the first author with ‘et al.’ in all subsequent citations of the same reference. This too, will require APA specific development in RefWorks.

We realize this is not an ideal solution and apologize for this inconvenience. We will be working with our development team to address these issues as quickly as possible and hope to have the necessary program changes loaded within the near future. The reason that we are posting the style before the program development can be completed is to give our users a chance to review the style and to send us their input and suggestions with the intent of having an accurate and comprehensive presentation of the 6^th prior to the next academic term.”

Feel free to send your comments, concerns, suggestions to Bruce Stoffel at Milner Library.  Bruce will in turn pass them along to the RefWorks technical team.

APA 6th edition has been released

The 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, aka APA Manual, was released by the APA on July 1.  Copies of the new edition have been received at Milner Library and are being processed for the shelves in advance of the fall semester.  Copies will soon be available at the reference desk and in the reference collection (for in-building use), and on the Floor 3 shelves (for borrowing).   A revised handout summarizing use of the 6th edition will also soon be available via the Milner website. 

Online access to the complete manual will not immediately be made available by the APA.  APA staff is in discussions about making online access available to subscribing libraries in late 2009 or early 2010. 

For more information about APA style, visit the APA Style Guide website.