Writing with Style APA Style for Counseling (with InfoTrac),9780534535094

Writing with Style APA Style for Counseling (with InfoTrac)

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780534535094
ISBN10: 0534535097
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-08-20
Publisher(s): Brooks Cole
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Summary

Adding to the author's other texts in this series (APA Style for Psychology, APA Style for Social Work), Szuchman quickly and succinctly provides all the basics of APA style in this handy workbook-type reference guide written specifically for counseling students. Her years of experience teaching writing-intensive courses give her an inside track on the trouble spots students encounter in writing papers and dealing with APA style.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1(8)
Social Science
1(2)
How to Use This Book
3(1)
Ethics in Writing
4(3)
A Word of Explanation
7(2)
Some Generalizations About How Social Scientists Write
9(12)
Referring to Other Authors
9(1)
Words and Phrases to Collect
10(5)
Constructions to Avoid
15(6)
Preparing the Introduction Section and Literature Review Paper
21(12)
What Was Done and Why
22(4)
Literature Review
26(3)
When the Literature Review Is the Paper
29(4)
Preparing the Method Section
33(12)
Organization
33(1)
Participants
34(5)
Materials
39(2)
Procedure
41(2)
Remember Your Audience
43(2)
Preparing the Results Section
45(10)
Statistics
45(7)
Useful Rules
52(3)
Preparing the Discussion Section
55(10)
First Part
56(1)
Second Part
57(3)
Third Part
60(3)
Verb Tense
63(2)
Preparing the Abstract
65(6)
Contents
66(3)
Style
69(2)
Preparing the References Section
71(6)
Typing Hints
71(1)
Alphabetizing
72(1)
Journal Article Reference
73(1)
Chapter in an Edited Book
74(1)
An Authored Book
75(1)
References in the Body of the Manuscript
75(1)
Electronic Reference Formats
76(1)
Preparing a Title Page and Formatting Your Manuscript
77(4)
Writing a Title
77(2)
The Parts of the Title Page
79(1)
Advice About Typing
80(1)
Grooming Tips for Counseling Papers
81(12)
Parallel Construction
81(2)
Half-Empty Comparisons
83(1)
Agreement Between Subject and Verb
84(1)
Agreement Between Noun and Pronoun
85(1)
Run-On Sentence or Comma Splice
86(2)
Colons With Lists
88(1)
Comma With a Series
88(1)
Misplaced Comma Before AND (and Sometimes OR)
89(1)
Comma When You Need a Breath
90(1)
Important Differences Between People and Things
90(3)
Preparing a Poster Presentation
93(6)
What Is a Poster Session
93(1)
Preparing the Poster
94(2)
Preparing Yourself
96(3)
APPENDIX Wrapping It Up: Revising 99(6)
First Rewrite
99(3)
Second Rewrite
102(1)
Third Inspection---Not a Rewrite
102(2)
Final Touches
104(1)
References 105(2)
Index 107

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