APA Made Simple

APA Style should make research easier to follow – not harder to write.

APA Made Simple turns the seventh edition into a repeatable workflow for students, researchers, and instructors. Instead of asking you to memorize hundreds of reference patterns, it teaches one method – who, when, what, where – and shows you how to apply it to any source you will actually meet, from a journal article with a DOI to a Wikipedia entry, a court judgment, or a chatbot answer.

Inside, you will learn how to:

set up student and professional papers correctly the first time
write accurate in-text citations and references for the sources students use most
paraphrase, quote, and synthesize without drifting into patchwriting
present tables, figures, and statistics that readers can follow
use citation software and generative AI responsibly – and check their output
audit a paper in six passes before submission


Built to be used, not just read. Every chapter follows the same four moves – learn, see, try, check – and ends with a practice task and answer. The book includes a complete model student paper with page images showing exactly how a submitted APA paper should look, a 30-case Reference Clinic for the awkward sources citation generators get wrong, a quick desk guide of reference skeletons, and a full practice set with answer key.

Written by a university teacher who has marked thousands of APA papers, APA Made Simple is the guide designed to stay open beside you while you work.

Maple & Pine Press