Writing to many is about dos and don’ts, especially don’ts–don’t use first person, don’t use second person, don’t use slang, don’t use contractions, don’t use hyperbole. Don’t, don’t, don’t. And of course these “don’ts”...
Academic Success / Academic Writing / APA 7th Ed
by Kurtis Clements · Published December 4, 2020 · Last modified December 3, 2020
Many who are not familiar with the basics of APA Style documentation become confused, frustrated, and sometimes even stressed when they need to document a source that may not be typical or contains missing...
by Chrissine Cairns · Published November 25, 2020 · Last modified January 6, 2021
We are pausing our blogcast this week to thank you for listening, reading, and subscribing to the Resource Center & Blog. We hope you have been enjoying our 2020 reboot as much as we...
Everyone likes lists. The 100 greatest movies of all time. The top ten gourmet meals in under twenty minutes as selected by gourmet chefs. And now that the 7th edition of APA Style’s Publication...
Academic Success / Academic Writing / APA 7th Ed
by Kurtis Clements · Published November 13, 2020 · Last modified November 14, 2020
What’s the Academic Success & Writing Resource Center & Blog? Well, the Writing Center in the Academic Success Center at Purdue Global has been hard at work not only readying our resources for the...
Academic Writing / APA 7th Ed / Blogcast
by Kurtis Clements · Published October 30, 2020 · Last modified November 5, 2020
In case you’re wondering what a signal phrase is, let me start there. All a signal phrase is is some introductory text that precedes (and sometimes splits or follows) information that comes from a...
We all know the challenges of following APA Style when writing a paper using Microsoft Word, but those challenges often become greater when applying the formatting guidelines to other software. In the following video,...
Academic Writing / APA 7th Ed / Blogcast
by Kurtis Clements · Published September 25, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
We’ve long known that using gender-neutral language (aka: gender-inclusive language or non-sexist language) is the basic expectation in everyday communication–written or not. Long gone are the days when masculine pronouns were used by default...
by Kurtis Clements · Published September 18, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
For years the default font size for an APA Style paper was 12. And not only was APA’s preferred font size 12, but also the preferred font style was Times New Roman. Well, the...
by Kurtis Clements · Published September 11, 2020 · Last modified October 7, 2020
APA Style 7th edition introduced some big changes to the references list that you will want to keep straight. Let’s start with the nomenclature. The list of references at the end of an APA...