Supplemental Resources

Throughout the Publication Manual we mentioned the wealth of materials available on the APA Style website. Here we present of all the manual’s supplemental resources and organize them by chapter as an easily navigable guide to content that will make your paper more accurate, accessible, and inclusive.

The links on this page will take you to samples of professional and student papers, bias-free language, table and figures, reference entries, and cover letters and response to reviewers for manuscript submission. Additional information describes how to use journal article reporting standards (JARS), historical context in quotation, and accessible color, headings, URLs, and typography.

Chapter 2: Paper Elements and Format

• Accessible headings
• Accessible typography
• Sample professional papers
• Sample student papers 

Chapter 3: Journal Article Reporting Standards

• Ethic of transparency in JARS
• Supplemental glossary of JARS terms
• JARS quantitative tables
• JARS qualitative tables
• JARS mixed methods table

Chapter 5: Bias-Free Language Guidelines

• Historical context in quotation
• Examples of bias-free language to use when writing about
  • age
  • disability
  • gender
  • racial and ethnic identity
  • sexual orientation
  • socioeconomic status

Chapter 7: Tables and Figures

• Accessible use of color in figures
• Sample tables
• Sample figures

Chapter 10: Reference Examples

• Accessible use of URLs in reference entries
• Archival documents and collections
• Supplemental reference examples (retracted article, religious work, edition of DSM and ICD)

Chapter 12: Publication Process

• Adapting a dissertation or thesis into a journal article
• Sample cover letters
• Sample response to reviewers