http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org Linfield-Good Samaritan School of Nursing Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:05:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Ruth Rogers '07 As chaotic as life may seem at times, there is an order to the universe that is reflected in everything that exists. This order means that things don't generally happen in a random sequence; instead they tend to start at the beginning, progress through the middle, and ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/11/16/beginnings-middles-and-endings-a-framework-for-writing/ by Ruth Rogers '07 Page 250 of the APA guide (5th edition) tells how this should be done. The reference given is for the DSM-IV, however. For the TR, you need to change the date of publication to 2000 and add the word Revised in the parentheses before 4th ed.. Leave ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/11/09/how-to-cite-and-reference-the-dsm-iv-tr/ by Ruth Rogers '07 A modifier is a word or phrase that clarifies, explains, or gives more detail about a subject. Here's an example: Having failed an anatomy test, I resolved to spend more time studying. The real "meat" of this sentence is I resolved to spend more time studying. The modifier, having ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/11/02/un-dangle-your-modifiers/ by Ruth Rogers '07 I find it highly annoying when software acts as though it knows what I want better than I do. One such quirk of WORD is its insistence on changing the font and color and underlining when I type in a URL (website address). As if that's not ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/10/26/removing-url-underlines/ by Ruth Rogers '07 There is only one type of list that is acceptable for use in an APA style paper (see Lists in APA Style). You can't have bulleted lists, but numbered lists can be used. Look for it on page 116 of the APA manual (5th ed.). The number for ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/10/19/aligning-a-list/ by Ruth Rogers '07 To start a new page, instead of hitting the ENTER key repeatedly until you get to the right spot, just use CTRL-ENTER. The advantage of this is that not only is it quicker and easier, but if the length of the preceding text changes, your page break ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/10/12/page-breaks-in-ms-word/ by Ruth Rogers '07 With your document open, click on the View menu and select Header and Footer. Any text you've typed in the body of your document will become greyed out, and a dotted boundary will appear around the header area of the page (or the footer, if you're closer to ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/10/05/how-to-make-right-aligned-page-headers-in-ms-word/ by Ruth Rogers '07 Here are some things to remember about appendixes in APA format: The plural of appendix, as far as APA is concerned, is appendixes, NOT appendices. If there's only one appendix, it doesn't get a letter label. The text should say "see Appendix," not "see Appendix A." Multiple appendixes should be ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/09/28/appendixes-in-apa-style/ by Ruth Rogers '07 Once in a while you'll find yourself in the position of using information from a secondary source. A secondary source is when you read an article that cites information from another source, and you use that information in your paper. In this case, you need to credit ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/09/21/secondary-citations/ by Ruth Rogers '07 When are APA citations supposed to include page numbers? According to the APA guide (5th ed., pp. 120-121), when you are using a direct quote you need to provide the location in its original source of the text you are quoting. If you are paraphrasing the content of a ... http://www.pdxwritingcenter.org/2008/09/14/page-numbers-in-citations/