Title Writing with style : APA style for social work / Lenore T. Szuchman, Barbara Thomlison

Edition Fourth Edition Published Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole, [2011] Australia ; Belmont, CA : Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, [2011] ©2011 ©2011

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Description xvii, 193 pages ; 24 cm Contents Preface -- Chapter 1. Writing With Style -- The Stylistic Distinction for Scientific Journals -- Why Practitioners Need to Read Research Articles -- Getting Started -- Why Are We Not Using APA Style in this Book? -- Chapter 2. Ethics and Writing -- Using Exact Words and Sentence Structure -- Changing Words and Sentence Structure -- Changing the Format -- Borrowing and Recycling Ideas -- Technical Phrases and Attribution -- The Internet -- Chapter 3. General Writing Techniques -- Referring to Other Authors -- Words and Phrases to Collect -- Words and Phrases to Avoid -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 4. Grammar and Punctuation Matters -- Parallel Construction -- Half-Empty Comparisons -- Agreement -- Run-On Sentence or Comma Splice -- Punctuation -- Important Differences Between People and Things -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 5. Writing an Introduction -- What Was Done and Why -- Relevance of the Research Question -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 6. Writing the Literature Review -- What Has Been Written or Researched? -- Looking for Literature to Review -- Reviewing the Empirical Literature -- Appraising the Literature -- Synthesizing the Literature -- What Was Done and Why -- Organizing the Literature Review -- Use Headings -- Here Is an Example of Such a Heading -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 7. Writing the Method Section -- Organization -- Participants -- Procedure -- Materials and Measures -- Remember Your Audience -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 8. Writing the Results Section -- Statistics -- Data Displays: Tables and Figures -- Useful Rules -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 9. Writing the Discussion Section -- Discussion of the Results -- Implications for Theory, Research, and/or Practice -- Limitations and Directions for Future Research -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 10. Writing the Abstract -- Location and Length -- Contents -- Style -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 11. Listing References -- Word Processing Tips -- Alphabetizing -- Journal Article Reference -- Chapter in an Edited Book -- An Authored Book -- Electronic References -- Historical and Archival References -- References in the Body of the Manuscript -- Referencing the DSM -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 12. Preparing the Title Page and Formatting Your Manuscript -- Writing a Title -- Elements of the Title Page -- Formatting -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 13. Polishing the Paper -- Step 1: Rewrite and Revise -- Step 2: Edit and Rewrite -- Step 3: Proofread (Not a Rewrite) -- Final Touches -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Chapter 14. Preparing a Presentation -- Poster Presentations -- Oral Presentations -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- References -- Index Notes Previous ed.: c2008 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-188) and index Subject Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Social service -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Social service -- Authorship -- Style manuals. Sociology -- Authorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Sociology -- Research -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals. Author Thomlison, B. (Barbara), author LC no. 2009943795 ISBN 9780840031983 (paperback)

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