Research: APA guidelines

This page contains a list of things that I have found can be confusing or not well understood

Some resources

 * APA style essentials (Degelman, 2010)
 * citing tweets

The use of author initials
Simply
 * Only use initials in the references.
 * Verhaart, M., & Hagen-Hall, K. (2009). ...

The use of &
There is a lot of confusion when using '&' and 'and' for multiple authors, the rule is simply:
 * Use & when an inline citation is in brackets, and in the references
 * ...(Verhaart & Hagen-Hall, 2009)
 * Verhaart, M., & Hagen-Hall, K. (2009). ...
 * Use and in an inline citation when the date is in brackets
 * ...Verhaart and Hagen-Hall (2009) ...

Wikipedia
Warning: Wikipedia is a community written resource and as such its accuracy may be questioned - so use with caution.
 * Citing a page in wikipedia (in the toolbox at the left of the page you may find a link cite this article - though as at Sep 2009 there appears an error in the retrieved date)
 * Plagiarism. (2009, July 22). In Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved August 10, 2009, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism
 * Citing wikipedia itself
 * Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. (2004, July 22). FL: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2009, from http://www.wikipedia.org

CD-ROM
 Ref: University of New South Wales (n.d.)

Caption Tables & Figures from Another Source
It is often better to redraw or reconstruct tables or images otherwise you need to seek the permission of the original author/publisher.



(Strahan, 2009)