APA Simplified: Your Concise Guide to the 7th Edition

APA Simplified was written specifically for the new 7th edition of the APA Publication Manual, and concisely covers:Finding appropriate research using online resources, databases, and textbooksWriting your student or professional paper from opening paragraph to conclusionCorrectly citing sources with one, two, and three or more authorsReferencing textual works such as research journals, books, magazines, newspapers, blog posts, Wikipedia, and much more!Referencing audiovisual media such as YouTube, TED talks, TV shows, podcasts, and much more!Referencing social media such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and TumblrReferencing websites with one author, group authors, and no authors!Formatting your APA style paper, including permissible fontsBias-free writingCorrectly writing numbers and percentagesUsing direct and block quotationsA note on plagiarismAn annotated sample “A” student paperAn annotated professional journal submissionAll in less than 50 pages!

Mark Hatala has been teaching writing at the college level for over 25 years. He works as a professor of psychology at Truman State University and teaches interdisciplinary courses in cognitive science, marketing, and history. He has a number of journal publications and regularly presents with his research team at regional and national conferences. In addition to being a college professor, Dr. Hatala has been a machinist, an opera usher, a bus driver, a fry cook, the lead singer in a punk band, a market researcher, a financial planner, and a baseball umpire. He is an avid backgammon and cribbage player, and enjoys time spent with his three children.