APA, Referencing, and Formatting Workshops

For Professional Presentations of Academic Scholarship:
Dissertations, Theses, Course Papers, Proposals, Manuscripts

Instructor: Meryl Greene

For additional assistance, see Writing Support Services below and APA + Academic Document Consulting.

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Winter 2012

Fee per evening: $35 for OISE students and faculty, $70 for all other participants
Instructor: Meryl Greene

Note: A minimum of 5 registrations is required for each part to be held.

Part I: APA Citations and References
           Build your knowledge and confidence

This is an essential workshop—your need for this learning starts in your first program course. 

Learn how to cite your published sources correctly in the text of your documents.  The variations of correct attribution and the rules that govern it are covered in detail.

Learn how to construct correct APA references—which is not as difficult as you may think.  This primer teaches you what you’ll need to know to be independent of often-wrong online resources.

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition, 2010, is the current version of this style guide.

Note: A minimum registration of 5 students is required for the workshop to be held.
For more information on this service area, please visit APA Formatting & Thesis Services.
 

Part II:  Formatting and Styles
              Minimize your effort and maximize your results

Master the techniques that make it easy to create your documents.  Learn to use MSWord styles and you are guaranteed a consistently correct presentation of the repeating elements in your material—essential knowledge for managing long documents such as your dissertation or thesis.  These skills will help you to stay calm when making last-minute changes before due dates.

Topics include APA headings for chapter titles, sections and subsections within chapters, table headings, figure captions, and appendix titles. From the application of these styles, you will learn how to create an automatic Table of Contents, as well as other lists, as needed. Familiarity with APA heading styles is recommended. 

Note: A minimum registration of 5 students is required for the workshop to be held.
For more information on this service area, please visit APA Formatting & Thesis Services.

Part III:  Perfecting Your Writing
               Enhance all stages of your scholarship

Improve and refine your scholarly writing by applying the editorial tips that will be covered.  While you may be familiar with some of them, you'll likely be surprised by others.

Become a more expert MSWord user with tips on features such as Review and Track Changes, Find and Replace, and handy keyboard shortcuts.

For those working on their thesis or dissertation, learning how to assemble your document according to the OISE Guidelines for Theses and Doctoral Final Oral Exams will be covered, including how to achieve the guideline’s unique page numbering.

Note: A minimum registration of 5 students is required for the workshop to be held.
For more information on this service area, please visit APA Formatting & Thesis Services.

Part IV:  Reporting Your Results
              Present your findings clearly

The structure and logic of the results section is the focus of this evening.

An overview of the media available for reporting qualitative and quantitative results of research studies (using numerical, graphical, and tabular tools) will be discussed. APA formatting rules for reporting statistics, figures, and tables will be covered. You'll learn MSWord options for efficient management of tables and figures.

Note: A minimum registration of 5 students is required for the workshop to be held.
For more information on this service area, please visit APA + Academic Document Consulting Services.

Writing Support Services

Academic and Cultural Support Centre @ OISE
OISE/UT Student Services
Email: stuserv@oise.utoronto.ca

Office of English Language and Writing Support @ UofT
School of Graduate Studies
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* OISE students and faculty have priority for workshop registration.
**Other participants may register two weeks prior to a given workshop date. Please review our Workshop Policies.

To register and pay online for one or more workshops, please click on the registration links above. If you do not have a credit card, you may pay in person by cash or cheque by visiting the Education Commons Reception Desk, located at OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, 3rd floor.