Thank you for your question! The boxes around the figures that you see in the Publication Manual serve to separate the figure examples from the text; they are not necessary in your paper. Also, figures in your paper should not have titles above them, only captions below (the captions serve as both explanations of the figure and figure titles); the bulleted titles in the Publication Manual are labels for the purposes of the book. For an example of how a figure should look in an actual paper, see page 25 in http://supp.apa.org/style/PM6E-Corrected-Sample-Papers.pdf , which is also shown on page 53 of the Publication Manual. For more information, the following blog post may be helpful: http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/07/why-isnt-apa-style-applied-to-the-book-describing-it.html I hope this helps!

Thank you for your question! The boxes around the figures that you see in Chapter 5 of the Publication Manual serve to separate the figure examples from the text; they are not necessary in your actual paper. Also, figures in your paper should not have titles above them, only captions below (the captions serve as both explanations of the figure and figure titles); the bulleted titles in the Publication Manual are labels for the purposes of the book. An example of how a figure should look in your paper may be found on page 53 of the Publication Manual, in the first sample paper (the sample paper can also be viewed here: http://supp.apa.org/style/PM6E-Corrected-Sample-Papers.pdf). For more information, the following blog post may be helpful: http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2009/07/why-isnt-apa-style-applied-to-the-book-describing-it.html I hope this helps!

Thank you for your question! The note type font should be the same size as the font used in the table and, indeed, the rest of the manuscript: APA recommends 12-point Times New Roman.

Thank you for your question! Create a reference that gets the reader to the place where the textbook can be downloaded, noting the e-reader version information in brackets after the title (only name the e-reader hardware and/or software version here; you do not need to provide a link to the software itself). It is up to the reader whether or not he or she finds and downloads that software, if he or she does not already have it. More information on e-books can be found in the "How Do You Cite an E-Book (e.g., Kindle Book)?" Blog post here: http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/06/how-do-you-cite-an-e-book.html I hope this helps!

Thank you for your question! You can call out your appendix in your paper in a couple of ways. You can mention it in the narrative, for example, "Appendix B contains the words used in our experiment." Or you can use a parenthetical callout, for example, "The experimenter gave each participant a list consisting of words with two meanings, depending on the context in which they are used (see Appendix B)." If using the parenthetical callout, it is preferable to pair your appendix with a verb rather than letting it stand alone, so use (see Appendix B), (cf. Appendix B), or the like rather than (Appendix B), if possible. I hope this helps!

TypePad HTML Email You have very sharp eyes! The table examples, as most of the examples in the Publication Manual, are set in sans serif type, largely to identify them as examples at a glance. In an actual manuscript, you need not change your typeface to create your tables. I hope this helps!

TypePad HTML Email Thank you for your question! It’s hard to say for sure what the best way of doing this would be without seeing the table, but I can provide some options. One option you have is to put citations within the table; for example, a cell within the table may read “Diets emphasizing antioxidants include blueberries and broccoli on their recommended foods lists (e.g., Bowman, 2011; Fox, 2009).” Another option, often seen with meta-analyses, is to have a separate column for citations. A third would be to include citations in the note (e.g., “The information/data/descriptions in column 1 are paraphrased from Fox, 2009”). Please pick the approach that would work best for you!

Thank you for your question! Your boss's use of "forthcoming" rather than "in press" appears to be the preference of NLM style (i.e., the style of the National Library of Medicine). If the rest of the reference list is in APA Style, my recommendation would be to change "forthcoming" to "in press," but I leave the overall style choice to you and your boss to work out. :)

TypePad HTML Email Thank you for your questions! A name is a name, first and foremost, so you are right, names have a special status. You do not need to italicize a name that is in a foreign language. And yes, use the transliterated name in the reference and the citation; your translation of the name in the text does not require you to use the name translation in the citation. Rather, just make sure the citation and reference match. I hope this helps!

TypePad HTML Email Thank you for your question! If you are using three different, specific pages or documents on a website, create three references. Check each document or page for its author and publication date (the authors and publication dates are not necessarily the same, even when they appear on the same overall website. For instance, your example of the White House website is filled with material from different authors and sources that were created at different times; even the blog has different authors for different entries). If the specific pages you are using do have the same author and the same publication date (or no date), use the lettering system to differentiate between each in-text citation, which consists of author and date, just like any other in-text citation (Pfeiffer, 2012a, 2012b; White House, Office of the Press Secretary, n.d.-a, n.d.-b, etc.; see the last third of http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2013/01/alphabetizing-in-press-and-no-date-references.html for more). I hope this helps!

Thank you for your question! I would just add “and transcript” in the brackets when making the YouTube video reference. That is, USC Rossier School of Education [USCRossier]. (2013, February 11). 2013 USC Pullias Lecture given by SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher [Video file and transcript]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v6GNvGWIK8 I hope this helps!

TypePad HTML Email Thank you for your question! The example as presented in response to Johnny Fang’s question is the preferred formatting; that is, include the untranslated title as well as the translated title in brackets. Hope this helps!

TypePad HTML Email Thank you for your question! On page 186 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, sixth edition, it says, “Give the location . . . where the publisher is located as noted on the title page for books. . . .” Therefore, if your copy says Moskva (after transliteration, of course), do use that. I hope this helps!

Thank you for your question! The best place for your source information is in the note beneath the table. I think this works best in the general note, although if the data in just a few cells are from a certain source, a specific note (denoted with a superscript letter; an example can be seen on page 141 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition) would work too. It sounds like you're calculating new numbers from raw data, so the advice above to Nessa would work for you: Cite the source in the note with wording along the lines of "The data in the Community percentage column are adapted from U.S. Census Bureau, 2000." I hope this helps!

TypePad HTML Email Great question! I would refer to each column by its name with no adornments or punctuation. For example, “In the Segment activity column, the relationship between the variables is instantly clear.” (Note that the capitalization of table headings involves the first word only.) I hope this helps!

I am happy to report that there are many examples of tables in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, sixth edition, on pages 129-149. There is also an entire book available that is dedicated to tables, Presenting Your Findings (http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4316117.aspx). A sample table and figure can also be found at the end of this sample paper: http://www.apastyle.org/manual/related/sample-experiment-paper-1.pdf. I hope these additional resources are helpful!

Luckily, there are sources for sample figures (even better, sample figures done the right way!). Many examples may be found on pages 152-166 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, sixth edition, as well as in Chapter 5's online supplemental materials: http://www.apastyle.org/manual/supplement/index.aspx. We also have an entire book dedicated to figures, Displaying Your Findings (http://www.apa.org/pubs/books/4316118.aspx). I hope these help!

Thank you for your question! Including the time of the quoted material is not a requirement in APA Style, although you are welcome to include it as help to your readers (e.g., if the video is long or the quote is easy to miss because of sound issues or the brevity of the quoted portion).

Thank you for your comments! I will forward this suggestion to be included in the file for whenever the next edition of the manual is contemplated.2. At the present time, these shortened URLs are not encouraged. My colleague Jeff Hume-Pratuch addressed this issue in a comment on her blog post on hyperlinks (http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2011/12/should-hyperlinks-be-used-in-apa-style.html). In short, there are two main reasons for this: (a) The longevity of the various URL shortening services has yet to be determined (see, e.g., the initial although perhaps not final fate of tr.im) and thus the survival rate of each organization’s links is in question (I’m not suggesting all will fail; what is not known is which ones will survive) and (b) spammers, phishers, and the like have often used the redirection feature of shortened URLs to their own ends, and thus some virus protection software blocks these links.Thank you for your interest in APA Style!

Thank you for your questions! The copyright permission footnote shown on page 38 and in the captions of the figure examples on pages 152-160 of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition, are a great place to start. The permission line shown in these places credits the original source for the figure, and starting the footnote with "Adapted from" indicates that you have made some changes to it. If your master's thesis is going to be published or posted online, you should check with the original publisher(s) of the figure(s) to see if you need permission to reprint the adapted figures. For a figure from a journal article, the caption note would look like this: Note. Adapted from "Title of Article," by A. N. Author and C. O. Author, year, Title of Journal, Volume, p. XX. Copyright [year] by the Name of Copyright Holder (usually the publisher). Adapted with permission. For a figure from a book, the caption note would look like this: Note. Adapted from Title of Book (p. XX), by A. N. Author and C. O. Author, year, Place of Publication: Publisher. Copyright [year] by the Name of Copyright Holder. Adapted with permission. Adjust this format as needed for other types of sources. Of course, if you did not get permission (because it is not needed according to the original publisher), leave off the "Adapted with permission" line. Don't forget to include the sources of the figures in your reference list! If you have further questions, please let us know at styleexpert@apastyle.org. I hope this helps!

Thank you for your questions! You're absolutely right; you can use this approach with website citations. When creating your references for the various pages (see http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/11/how-to-cite-something-you-found-on-a-website-in-apa-style.html), be sure to double check the dates on the page; sometimes different pages were posted or updated at different times, so there might not be as much overlap in dates as anticipated. Good luck!

TypePad HTML Email Thank you for your questions! My answers are mostly going to take the form of questions, as it is hard to respond definitively when I have not seen the original project. Please adjust the approaches I have suggested as you need to, to best fit your needs. Also, given that this is a dissertation, I need to add the qualifier that I can give you advice, but the requirements and desires of your dissertation advisor and dissertation committee trump whatever I say here. It sounds like all of the focus group transcripts are in Bulgarian; would it be possible, when you first mention the transcripts in text, to also explain in the text that the transcripts were in Bulgarian but, for the purposes of this paper, have been translated into English? This could be done in text or in a footnote (I’d lean toward doing it in text, though; it strikes me as being an important detail; e.g., “The students responded to the interview questions in writing, in their native Bulgarian language; for this dissertation, I have translated their responses into English.”). To include the quotes in Bulgarian in the dissertation, could you include the Bulgarian transcripts or selections from the transcripts as an appendix? If just a handful of short passages are at issue here, you could include the original Bulgarian in text or in a footnote. For example, “When asked for her response to the question, Participant A wrote, ‘short quote from transcript, transliterated’ [translation of short quote].” Finally, yes, do transliterate the Bulgarian term into the Latin alphabet, and do italicize it. I hope this helps! Good luck with your dissertation!