The Langara Library recently subscribed to APA Style Central, a product from the American Psychological Association (APA) designed to assist instructors and educate students on the proper application of the rules of APA Style in their writing.
This new resource offers a sophisticated writing program, along with an extensive collection of pedagogical tools, authoritative guidance on scholarly writing and the research process, and full integration of and direct access to the text of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
The product consists of four learning centres:
- Learning Center – The Learning Center equips students and instructors with a digital media library packed with hundreds of learning objects (including instructional videos, self-quizzes, samples, and more) created by APA Style experts for optimal comprehension and assessment.
- Research Center – The Research Center provides undergraduate and graduate students a means of learning about the research process, and for generating and actively planning their own research projects. It also houses more than 80 forms for proper reference formatting, along with an extensive library of preformatted citations.
- Writing Center – The Writing Center provides a structured and collaborative writing environment that features authoritative guidance for all types of scholarly writing in APA Style. Preformatted templates, context-sensitive help, and specially developed toolbars help guide writers to proper formatting regardless of paper type.
- Publishing Center – The Publishing Center enables users to browse or search information on peer-reviewed journals from more than 260 different publishers in order to find the best outlet for the publication of their work, or to simply better understand the scholarly journal landscape.
NOTE: An account is required to take advantage of many of the product’s features. Information on setting up an APA Style Central account can be found here.
