5th to 6th Edition

Additional Ethics topics added in chapter one. A few of the examples are:

• Self plagiarism – don’t take credit for someone else's work.

• Duplicate publication – don’t misrepresent data.

• Conflict of interest – Potential material that may color or influence the researcher should be revealed or noted.

• This information is found in chapter 1.

• Updated Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS) have been added.

• These reporting standards relate to the introduction of a research problem, methods of selection, results and discussion of results.

• The 6th edition manual also contains sample papers that illustrate these formats.

• This information is found in chapter 2.

• Note, now the first four levels of headings are no longer in all caps but are bolded instead.

• Level 1 would be, your papers title at the beginning of the introductory paragraph.

• This information is found in chapter 3.

• Guidelines have been added for reducing language bias and reducing outdated terminology.

• Put two spaces after a period.

• Double space after punctuation at the end of a sentence.

• Write approximate lengths of time as words.

• This material is in chapter 4.

• When writing out decimals, remember that you only put a zero in front of the decimal point if the number is less than one but the statistic can exceed one.

• This is found in chapter 4.

• You can now use bulleted lists!

• One

• Two

• Three

• This is found in chapter 3

• Chapter 5 provides you with everything inquiring minds want to know about displaying figures, tables and other statistical information, as well as a number of excellent examples.

• The word “web” is not capitalized.

• The paragraph symbol is no longer used. Use the abbreviation “para”.

• The plural for appendix is appendices.

• You can now cite sources without a page number.

• This can be found in chapter 6.

• A DOI is a Digital Object Identifier. This is a number assigned to an online article. You need to use this number when citing an online article, such as a journal article. This number is located near the copyright notice.

• This information along with citing samples can be found in chapter 6.

• Chapter 8 and the Appendix contain new features such as peer review, discussion, and sample papers.

• For further information check out the online tutorial http://www.apastyle.org/manual/whats-new.aspx and the APA web site.