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 Not Very User Friendly I have just completed writing a Master's Thesis for a degree program that required that the Thesis be written in APA format. The layout of the manual is very difficult to use and one has to look in several places with the hope that they will find the right way to format something. The index is helpful but not as helpful as it could be. I hope that a future edition of this manual will provide better and more varied examples that are actually applicable to people who have to use the manual to write papers, theses and dissertations.  Read the APA Style Guide If you are going to spend a great deal of time writing articles that require APA style, it is best that you have a copy of the printed manual on hand. You won't read for comprehension if you get try to get all of your answers online. My Choices for BEST College Success Guides... This certainly ranks up there. My other choices for 2007, hands down: 1) How To Ace Your Way Through College & Still Have a Life 2) The MLA Handbook 3) Fiske Guide to Colleges Dr. Vernon M Cambridge, MA Fresno APA I really didn't care for this manual. I am a visual person, so I need to see real example with explainations. I thought it was a waste of money. There are some examples, but not many. Prior to buying this book I used the internet for help in citing and composing APA papers and I find the net just as useful if not more. I don't know the exact address for the website, but its something like apaowl. If you search apa and owl it should come up. I did buy the apa software, but I haven't use it yet. My suggestion is to check apa websites first. I am half way through my masters program and I use the net for help much more than the manual. | |||||||||||||
