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 Not the book that I was searching for. November 10, 2006
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I searched for the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition. I don't recall seeing a picture posted for the one I purchased and received. The shipment was quick, but I had to turn around and search for and purchase the correct text for class, as the one that was shipped to me was not acceptable.
quick reference guide November 6, 2006
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Easy to use format. Answers for most style questions. Much easier to use than the longer APA manual.
This is a supplement, not a primary resource August 31, 2006
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Hopefully this statement will help those of you who are trying to decide what to buy: If you do not own a full copy of the APA Publication Manual, then do not buy this book. This book is meant to be a pocket-sized reference guide that you can carry with you. It is meant as a supplement, but it is not the primary resource -- the APA Publication Manual is the primary resource.
Now that I have gotten that out of the way, here is my review: This book may have omitted a few things that I would have preferred they left in (you won't know what you need until you need it). But by and large they did a good job of condensing a large book into a pocket guide.
 Incomplete October 11, 2005
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There's no rules for title pages, no examples of manuscript pages, no rules for pagination. It doesn't even tell you if the reference list belongs on a separate page or what its heading looks like. I consider these glaring omissions, particularly if you are expected to use pure APA and have no departmental style guide (like me). This book is basically a glorified guide to citation and syntactic rules. Avoid it and pay the extra five bucks for the complete book. Getting the cheap book as some kind of protest won't signficantly hurt the APA and it will just make things harder for you.
 Good book, lacking in visual references October 3, 2005
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While this is a great condensation of the main rules needed to write in APA style, this book lacks one major thing -- the practical examples of how to apply APA style in a document or manuscript.
The book would be greatly enhanced if in future editions the editors added the examples that are found in the full APA guidelines handbook.
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