Product Description

> > > Coincides with the 6th ed. of the APA manual (2nd printing) < < < This handbook is ideal for preparing undergraduate essays. It was specifically designed with the average student's needs in mind. The book is intended to cover the vast majority of situations that the normal student will encounter while writing a college essay. Organized for speed and brevity, the book is primarily a concentrated, up-to-date guide on APA format (11 pages) and documentation requirements (12 pages In-Text, 19 pages References) with a heavy emphasis on examples and visual aids (90 to be exact). Additionally the book contains pointers on how to get started, what to document, what notes to take (by source type), and how to handle quotes of varying length. All of this in a book designed to fit in a shirt pocket. Product Dimensions: 60 Pages - 5 5/16" x 3 3/4" x .166 " Continuously Updated - Coincides with most recent APA standards (APA Manual 6th Edition) Last Update 6/2/10

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1758 in Books
• Published on: 2009-12-23
• Binding: Paperback
• 60 pages

About the Author
Jill Rossiter, the author of The APA Pocket Handbook, is a highly experienced and recognized expert in the field of English Composition. Her credentials include a BA in English Literature (Cum Laude) and an MA in English Literature (WSU). Jill has been involved in creating numerous conventional and online English learning systems for organizations as diverse as the Intensive English Institute, Independent Study in Idaho, and the University of Phoenix. She is a firm believer in keeping instructions simple, and has a straight-forward, easy-to-comprehend writing style.

Customer Reviews

Just the right size!
This book is a must have for students with APA essay assignments. As a full time college student, time is not on my side. Reading through a 400+ page book to find out how to correctly format and document an essay is a real problem. I needed something short and to the point. The book is everything I needed, and nothing I didn't. The information is straight to the point and the examples are simple and clear. If you're a visual learner like myself, you will like the generous amounts of visual aids. All of this, and it fits in your shirt pocket to boot.

Big Promises, Little Booklet
This is a good book depending on what you need it for. If you are writing a paper and need to know about APA rules for Title, Abstract, Information, and References then you will be spot on. If you are writing a Research paper and need Methods, anything on Tables and Graphs and how to place Results into the correct form, then you'll be sorely disappointed. I like the book for what it is BUT it should come with a disclaimer saying: warning - this book is fifty pages of large print that works only if you need a primer.
For the price, you could buy other books and have them help you out.

One other thing I noticed was that there were errors in some of the reporting procedures. Perhaps some of them are small things (on the Title Page, for instance, it says to add a first and last name BUT the APA manual specifically says to cite the middle initial as well), but small things add up to lost grades. There is a pro to this as well; the beast called internet citation is addressed in these pages. If you look at an APA manual, you'll notice how the manual is becoming more and more outdated and how you really don't have anything conclusive coming from the APA to address newer Electronic resources. This book helps some with that, and I liked that alot.

If you want to brush up on how to cite something, then this would be a great book. It gives you a lot of things that are nice little hints, and the examples provided are good to have. If you want to know little rules on the Title or Abstract Page then you can also use the book, and the Information section is somewhat covered (although a lot of weird rules are not included here).
If you are just a paper writer needing help for classes then this will work. If you are a Thesis student needing a friend then this thing will sell you out and swallow your academic soul.
Can't really recommend because of these faults.

APA Pocket Handbook: Rules for Format and Documentation
The APA Pocket Handbook: Rules for Format & Documentation

This handbook is great. The official APA guide is so long and confusing. But this is wonderful. It tells you everything in plain, simple English. It has pictures to show you what everything should look like. For those of you who are used the MLA and now have to format using APA, this is the handbook for you. Very direct, very simple and WITH PICTURES.