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In addition to handbooks and encyclopedias, the Reference section also typically includes style handbooks such as the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA, 2020); the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Gibaldi, 2009); The Chicago Manual of Style (University of Chicago Press, 2017), used by the American Anthropological Association, which also has its own downloadable style guide; and the ASA Style Guide (2010), used by the American Sociological Association.

The reference section also includes an array of thesauruses, such as the Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms (Tuleya, 2007), which can be helpful when you begin database searches for articles (see later section in this chapter on “Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms”). Electronic databases such as PsycINFO also include a parallel thesaurus function that is updated periodically. PsycINFO is a database managed by the American Psychological Association; it includes article citations, summaries, and bibliographic material.

PsycINFO: Electronic database of citations and summaries from the American Psychological Association (APA), with over 4 million records.