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The American Psychological Association is referred to by their abbreviations, APA. Their mission is to promote the communication, advancement, and application of the knowledge and field of psychological science in an effort to improve people’s lives and serve as a benefit to society at large. Their efforts are focused on the aspects of psychology that provide solutions to problems of human justice and promote just and equitable treatment of everyone in society.
APA Members
APA has over 500 staff members who are responsible for tasks such as tracking trends, creating content that is designed to educate the public about mental health, publishing peer-reviewed journals and books and serving as advocates for federal policies and legislation.
The primary members of APA are doctoral-level psychologists who work in various settings, such as private psychology practice, hospitals, K-12 schools, court systems, businesses, industries, and prisons.
The affiliate and associate members consist of psychologists who reside outside of the United States and Canada, psychology students and teachers, and mental health professionals.
APA Publishing
The APA publishing programs provides scholarly and professional content for important research in their journals, books, and the following publications:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
If you engage in any type of academic writing and/or research, you will surely need to use the latest version of the APA Style and Publication Manual, which is currently in its 7th edition. It provides detailed guidelines for using APA style. This style is common in the behavioral and social sciences. It is also used in the professional fields of education, communications, and business.
You can use this checklist to make sure that your writing is consistent with the seventh edition of the APA style manual:
- Paper elements and format – Chapter 1
- Writing style and grammar – Chapter 2
- Bias-free language – Chapter 3
- Punctuation, lists, and italics – Chapter 4
- Spelling capitalization, and abbreviations – Chapter 5
- Numbers and statistics – Chapter 6
- Tables and figures – Chapter 7
- In-text citations – Chapter 8
- Reference list and reference examples – Chapters 9 and 10
APA Databases
The following are scholarly databases that can be accessed by students, researchers, and professionals in all fields and industries:
- Academic Writer is a digital environment for teaching and mastering scholarly writing. It has quick lessons and video tutorials on all aspects of APA citation style. It also includes a citation generator to create APA style references.
- PsycInfo abstracts is a database with coverage of psychological literature from the 1600s to the present.
- PsycArticles is a full-text database containing peer-reviewed articles published by APA.
- PsycLearn is a digital instructional resource for courses in the undergraduate psychology curriculum.
- PsycTests is a database of psychological tests and measures that are used social and behavioral science research.
- PsycTherapy is a database with videos that feature therapy demonstrations of clinicians working with individuals, couples, and families.
- PsycBooks is a database with access to scholarly and professional full-text books published by APA
- PsycExtra is a database that includes highly regarded sources in psychology, behavioral sciences, and health. These are sources that are not peer-reviewed.
- PsycNet is a platform that delivers over 5.4 million records across all APA’s electronic resources.
Note: For more information, refer to the following:
- The American Psychological Association website at https://www.apa.org/
- APA Manual, 7th edition
- APA style help website located at https://apastyle.apa.org/apa-style-help
