week 7

What is APA all about?             
          As I learnt in this week, APA is American Psychological Association. It provides guidelines for publication in Social Science Journals (such as Psychology, Sociology, Education, and Nursing). APA style is used for:

• Term Papers
• Research Reports
• Empirical Studies
• Literature Reviews
• Theoretical Articles
• Methodology
• Case Study

Formats of APA citation from different kind of sources
Books with one author
         Author. (Year). Title of Book. Place of Publication : Publisher.
Books with two or three authors
         List all authors. Use ampersand (&) before the last author. (Year). Title of Book. Place of Publication : Publisher.
Books with more than six authors
         First author until six authors, et al. (Year). Title. Place of Publication : Publisher.
Cooperate Bodies as author
          Cooperate author. (Year). Title of Book. Place of Publication : Publisher. If Government bodies start with the country or the state.
Book- more than first Edition
          Author. (Year). Title of Book (Edition.). Place of Publication : Publisher.
Edited Books
           Editor. (Ed./Eds.). (Year). Title. Place of Publication : Publisher.
Journal Article
           Writer of the article. (Year.). Title of the article. Title of Journal, Volume (issue/ no.), page.
Dictionary
            Editor. (Ed.). (Year). Name of Dictionary(Edition, Volumes).  Place of Publication : Publisher.
Conference Paper
           Writer of the paper. (Year). Title of the paper. In Editor of the proceeding (Ed./Eds.), Title of the proceeding (page). Place of Publication : Publisher.
Thesis
         Author. (Year). Title. Unpublished master's thesis/doctoral dissertation, name of the university, place.