Where to Find It in a Pocket Style Manual

Where to Find It in A Pocket Style Manual

Directions: Except for question 1, below each question, write the page numbers where you can find the information requested.

1. How is this book organized?

As a quick reference guide for researchers and writers with two main sections; the first covering specific APA guidelines, and the second covering more general writing guidelines.

2. Where can you get help in understanding APA standards, called conventions, in your writing?

Page 7-10

3. Where can you find tips on refining searches of databases?

Page 15

4. Where can you find guidance in selecting sources?

Page 18

5. Where can you get help in determining if a source is scholarly?

Page 19

6. Where can you find guidelines for evaluating web sources?

Pages 18, 22-23

7. Where can you get help so you can avoid plagiarism?

Pages 25-27, 29-32

8. Where can you find examples of signal phrases in APA-style papers?

Page 35

9. Where can you find out what goes into an abstract?

Pages 39-40

10. Where can you find out how to set off long quotations, and what is meant by a long quotation?

Pages 34, 192

11. Where can you find sample pages of APA-style papers?

Pages 51-99

12. Where can you find an example of how to write an APA-style in-text citation of a work with two authors?

Page 102

13. Where can you find out how to write an APA-style reference list entry for a letter to the editor?

Page 112

14. Where can you learn about parallelism in writing?

Page 130

15. Where can you find out how to avoid or fix misplaced or dangling modifiers?

Pages 135-137

16. Where can you get guidance about avoiding jargon, clichés, and slang?

Pages 140-142

17. Where can you find help in avoiding sexist language?

Page 142

18. Where can learn how to ensure your subjects and verbs agree with each other?

Pages 144-147

19. Where can you find a list of...