Pocket Guide to APA Style - Softcover

Perrin, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 128542591X ISBN 13: 9781285425917

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

The POCKET GUIDE TO APA STYLE, 5E is an essential tool for writing research papers across the disciplines. Concise and thorough, the POCKET GUIDE offers straightforward explanations, annotated examples, and margin notes designed to help writers produce properly documented papers in the latest APA style. Not only less expensive and easier to use than the APA Manual, the POCKET GUIDE also includes extensive coverage of electronic sources, preparing writers to evaluate and use Internet references correctly in their research.

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About the Author

Robert Perrin is chair of the department of English at Indiana State University, where he previously served as director of writing programs for 17 years. He has won the university's Caleb Mills Award for distinguished teaching and the Theodore Dreiser Award for distinguished research, as well as the College of Arts and Sciences' Distinguished Professor award. Most recently, he won the President's Medal, the university's highest honor. In addition to numerous articles on composition and teaching, Dr. Perrin has authored seven textbooks and research guides, including THE BEACON HANDBOOK (six editions), HANDBOOK FOR COLLEGE RESEARCH (four editions) and, of course, POCKET GUIDE TO APA STYLE (seven editions). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 128542591X
• ISBN 13: 9781285425917
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 192