Okay, so, in my email ebox I get this advert from the APA about a style guide and at first I file it in my "read it later" category. I've come back to it now and realize that it a style guide to "electronic references". My first reaction is, predictably, "WTF?!?" -- oh, we'll now know how to cite a Tweet in APA format -- but then the rational part kicks in and asks "Do we really need a whole book (at US$12 from APA; US$ 9.56 for the Kindle edition at Amazon -- Also, Thank You APA for the discount for APA members ;-( ) for electronic references?" What exactly did they leave out of the 6th Edition of the APA publication manual that they need now to issue this?
So, has anyone held this puppy and examined it? What more does it provide that the "old" manual doesn't provide? Here's a link to the APA page and there's a table of contents which does not appear to me to be very informative. http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4210512.aspx So, do we now need to have students buy TWO APA style books? Will we soon have a "Revised" Revised 6th edition APA manual that incorporates both sources? And why don't they just make the APA publication manual(s) into PDFs and sell them for $1.99? When I raise this issue (of why there is no electronic version of the APA publication manual) I remind students that APA is a NON-profit organization. Then tell them to do the math. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18710 or send a blank email to leave-18710-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
