APA Style
APA announced early this fall that the sixth edition of the APA style manual, first printing, has a number of errors. The most relevant errors to most users appear in the following list. A complete list appears on APA's own website: Reprint Corrections
Changes to Sixth Edition APA Manual
- Abstract and References headings not bold
- Words "Running head:" Appear only on the cover page, though the running head itself appears on all pages
- "Spacing twice after punctuation marks at the end of a sentence aids readers of draft manuscripts" (i.e. use two spaces in paper drafts but one space in final copy)
- References for a web log (blog) post should be identified as [Web log post], not [Web log message]
- A blog post should use the author's name; a blog comment should use the screen name; only the comment will have "Re:" in the title
- For sources without a DOI, include "Retrieved from" and the homepage URL of the journal; for the rare instance that the source is found only in the database, use the database homepage URL OR database name + accession number
For more information on the changes, check out this document from APA: Reprint Corrections
When to Use Sixth Edition
As of January 2010, all Walden PhD, DBA, and EdD courses and several master's courses are using the 2010 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition).
The following programs will continue to use Robert Perrin's 2006 Pocket Guide to APA Style (2nd ed.):
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Education*
- Master of Nursing*
- Nursing Certificates
- Teacher Prep Program
- Masters in Information Systems Management
- M.S. in Leadership
- M.S. in Project Management
- M.S. in Instructional Design and Technology
