On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 13:40:56 -0600 drew einhorn <[email protected]> dijo:
> I've been able to find templates for earlied versions, > but not the 6th edition. Drew, I found it easier to create my own template for APA. I started with one of the out of date ones and just changed the few things that are different in the 6th edition. One of the first things I changed was the font, because it was set to Times and I despise Times. Besides, I do linguistics and Times does not contain all the characters I need. As for citations and references I strongly recommend Zotero. Zotero is a set of two plugins, one for Firefox (sorry, no plugin for other browsers), and another for your word processor (Writer or Word). After installing the plugin for Firefox all you have to do is access the work with Firefox. Then you just click on a little icon and Firefox will add it to your references list, complete with all the data you will need for citations and references. Later, in Writer, the Writer plugin will create a little toolbar with icons for citations and for references. When you want to add a citation you just click on the citation icon and it automatically brings up the list of works that you added with Firefox. You select the work, optionally add page numbers, and presto! Zotero will automatically enter the citation in your paper. When you get to the end of the paper you click on the icon for references, and Zotero will automatically create the references list for every work cited in the paper, in alphabetical order, in perfect APA style. Occasionally you have to tweak the entry in Firefox, but generally I have found it to be an incredible timesaver. Furthermore, getting the reference list via Firefox not only saves a lot of typing, but also eliminates typos. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
