Can You Say "BOO!" in APA Format?

Care to mix a little academic research with your trick-or-treating tonight?

As a Halloween treat -- and a break from the usual research tips -- here's a look at some of the ways scholars have looked at All Hallow's Eve. (All citations have been verified and most are available from the BC Libraries -- if you dare.)

• "Reactions of zoo animals to 'disturbing' Halloween masks" (Master's Thesis, University of South Alabama, 2003)
• "Influence of Valentine's Day and Halloween on birth timing" (Social Science and Medicine, 2011)
• "Unmasking racism: Halloween costuming and engagement of the racial other" (Qualitative Sociology, 2007)
• "Size of Halloween witch drawings prior to, on, and after Halloween" (Perceptual Motor Skills, February 1963)
• "Assembling processes in a periodic gathering: Halloween in Athens, Ohio" (Sociological Focus, May 1992)
• "The pink dragon is female: Halloween costumes and gender markers" (Psychology of Women Quarterly, June 2000)
• "Jack O'Lanterns and integrating spheres: Halloween physics" (American Journal of Physics, June 2006)
• "Dressing in costume and the use of alcohol, marijuana, and other drugs by college students" (Adolescence, Spring 1993)
• "The Halloween Effect and Japanese equity prices: myth or exploitable anomaly?" (Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, December 2003)

So have a good time tonight, but be careful: there may be a scholar lurking behind that bush.