APA Editing Services

APA editing can seem unimportant as the student and writer of the dissertation is more concerned with the larger aspect of the dissertation, like the research and analysis. And yet, the dissertation will not be accepted if it does not have proper APA editing.

The letters APA in APA style stand for the American Psychological Association. APA style editing and citation is essential to most higher education academic papers. The purpose of APA style citation is so others can look up and access all resources cited in a paper and check them for validity.

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Aligning theoretical framework, gathering articles, synthesizing gaps, articulating a clear methodology and data plan, and writing about the theoretical and practical implications of your research are part of our comprehensive dissertation editing services.

  • Bring dissertation editing expertise to chapters 1-5 in timely manner.
  • Track all changes, then work with you to bring about scholarly writing.
  • Ongoing support to address committee feedback, reducing revisions.

APA style citation has two major parts. These two parts are in-text citations and the reference list for APA style citation. The in-text citations for APA style citation occur within the document. The second part of APA style citation occurs at the end of the document, in the reference list or bibliography part of the paper. There is a very specific way to cite everything in the reference list if the dissertation is to follow proper APA style citation.

APA Editing Resources

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Austin, J. T., & Calderón, R. F. (1996). Writing in APA style: Why and how. In F. T. L. Leong & J. T. Austin (Eds.), The psychology research handbook: A guide for graduate students and research assistants (pp. 265-281). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Damrosch, S., & Damrosch, D. G. (1996). Avoiding common mistakes in APA style: The briefest of guidelines. Nursing Research, 45(6), 331-333.

Ernst, K., & Michel, L. (2006). Deviations from APA style in textbook sample manuscripts. Teaching of Psychology, 33(1), 57-59.

Gelfand, H., & Walker, C. J. (1990). Mastering APA style: Student’s workbook and training guide. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Houghton, P. M., Houghton, T. J., & Peters, M. F. (2005). APA – The easy way! Auburn Hills, MI: Baker College.

Li, P., & Cunningham, K. (2005). The APA style converter: A web-based interface for converting articles to APA style for publication. Behavior Research Methods, 37(2), 219-223.

Omotosho, J. A. (2007). Mastering the APA style of referencing with ease. The Nigerian Journal of Guidance & Counseling, 12(1), 27-38.

Smith, G. E. (2001). Comprehending APA style through manuscript analysis. Teaching of Psychology, 28(2), 108-110.

Szuchman, L. T. (2007). Writing with style: APA style made easy. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.