C M 2 2 0 U N I T 5 R E S E A R C H A N D A PA F O R M AT College Composition II School of General Education Purdue University Global
UNIT 5 SEMINAR OBJECTIVES Discuss strategies for finding and evaluating sources Talk about primary, secondary, and tertiary research Review basics of APA citation Course outcome practiced in this unit: CM220-3: Conduct research to support assertions made in academic and professional situations.
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UNIT 5 TO DO To Do Where to find Points Complete Learning Activities Click on the Learning Activities icon Complete reading quiz Click on quiz under left navigation toolbar 5 Attend live seminar or complete option 2 assignment Click on the seminar icon 10 Participate in discussion Click on the discussion link under unit 5 on the left toolbar. 40
UNIT 5 LEARNING ACTIVITIES Readings Using Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources Research, Citation, and Plagiarism Ten Mistakes in Academic Research Academic Sources (podcast) Citing Sources (video tutorial) Activities: Types of Research, Key Terms Reading Quiz (5 points) CC0 Public Domain
UNIT 5 DISCUSSION Include your thesis statement for an argument for change in your community or workplace, and identify at least three search terms you can use in the KU Library or an Internet search engine to find sources to support that thesis statement. Find one source using the search terms and evaluate its credibility based on the criteria covered in the learning activities. Create an APA 6 th edition citation for that source.
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What unreliable information have you encountered when researching online? CC0 Public Domain
LIBRARY HELP Library home page: Email, phone, or chat with a librarian (contact information on the library s home page) Guides Tab: TORCH videos (Teach yourself about your topic, get organized, research, check your research, get help) How To Guides: orientation video, using the new library search, finding scholarly/peer-reviewed articles, etc. (access by clicking on the guides, classes, & how to tab at the top of the library home page) In CM 220/Content/Academic Tools/Library link: Resources designed for CM 220 students
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http://kaplan.libsurveys.com.lib.kaplan.edu/eva luating_resources
CHOOSE CREDIBLE AND RECENT SOURCES Databases like those in the Purdue Global Library or Google Scholar with peer reviewed sources Reputable news sites (NPR, New York Times) Sources with known authors, reputable publishers, cited sources Always verify information included in the source Avoid wikipedia.com and other questionable sources like personal blogs as sources in your paper Choose recent sources to ensure that information is not outdated (especially statistics)
DON T OVERWHELM YOURSELF WITH SCHOLARLY ARTICLES Begin with... Purdue Global Library: CQ Researcher Gale Virtual Reference Library ProQuest Newsstand Basic Google searches narrowed by date (use caution the first entries are not necessarily the most credible) Try Google Alerts to get emails about new articles on your topic Avoid articles and books with technical or medical jargon that will be difficult to summarize in your own words: Specialized Purdue Global Library databases like Health Source Nursing and Academic Most online journals Some sources on Googlescholar.com
OTHER HELPFUL PURDUE GLOBAL LIBRARY DATABASES Academic Search Complete Business Source Complete DSM-5 (Psychology diagnostic manual) ERIC (education) Health Source: Consumer HeinOnline (law) GreenFILE (environment) Newspaper Source Proquest Criminal Justice Proquest Education 16
GOOGLE CHROME EXTENSIONS TO DETECT FAKE NEWS B.S. Detector (also alerts you to satire sites and clickbait this one worked consistently) Fake News Alert (created by New York Magazine journalist Brian Feldman) Fake News Monitor Simply add these extensions to your Google Chrome browser and you will be alerted if you visit a fake news site.
CREATING SEARCH TERMS Use research questions from unit 3 and thesis statements to create search terms Try shorter terms first, then combine phrases as needed Review PG Library Guides on searches Thesis: The San Antonio Youth Soccer League should abolish head shots because these put young players at risk of concussions. Possible search terms?
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PRIMARY, SECONDARY, AND TERTIARY SOURCES Primary: original artifacts Secondary: interpretations and assessments Tertiary: overviews and indexes that consolidate Information from other sources Primary, secondary, or tertiary? 1. The Diary of Anne Frank 2. An encyclopedia entry on World War II 3. A biography of Winston Churchill 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt s Day of Infamy speech 5. A history book about the events leading to World War II 20
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CITING AN INTERVIEW If you conduct an interview and want to use the information in your essay, remember the following: Only cite the source in-text (no reference page citation because the source is not retrievable by the reader) Include the interviewee s first initial, last name, and full date of the interview in this format: (J. Smith, personal communication, May 5, 2016) Provide necessary information about the interview subject in the paragraph where you are citing information from that interview; what are the person s credentials and relevance to the topic?
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MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO REMEMBER APA addresses both the way your document looks (margins, title page, font size) and the citation style (in-text and references page) Citation placement in-text should ensure readers know where you are using borrowed information, whether that information is rephrased in your own words (paraphrased or summarized) OR directly quoted. Citations in-text should guide readers to the full citation on the references page (make sure names/titles match). Reference page citations should have required information to let readers know what type of source is being cited (newspaper article, web site, book, journal article) and help them be able to find the source.
WHAT GOES IN A REFERENCE PAGE CITATION? Author/organization lets audience know responsible party (credibility) Date of publication lets audience know the source is current Title of article, book, or web site Publishing information (such as the publishing company, the name of the journal and volume #, or the newspaper or magazine) Page numbers or retrieval/internet URL if relevant Example: Wilson, R. (1999). Colleges urged to better define academic integrity and to stress its importance. Chronicle of Higher Education, 46(8), A18. What unusual features do you notice about the citation style?
WHAT SHOULD I INCLUDE IN IN-TEXT CITATIONS? Requires two or three pieces of information: Author s last name Year Page or paragraph number (required for direct quotes only) (Thompson, 2007) (Thompson, 2007, p. 345) OR (Thompson, 2007, 4) A survey by the Census Bureau indicates that half of American households have a computer (Thompson, 2007). According to Thompson (2007), 50 percent of the population have computers (p. 345). 26
IN-TEXT CITATIONS WITH NO AUTHOR OR DATE Many sources do not have a cited author. Websites, for example, often use a CORPORATE AUTHOR (CDC, USDA). If no individual author is listed, cite by the CORPORATE AUTHOR (CDC, 2008) or if no corporate author is listed, by the title of the article or page you are using ( New Technologies in the Workplace, 2009). If you cannot find a date of publication, put n.d. in the citation: (CDC, n.d.) 27
COMMON SOURCE TYPES Books Journal articles Magazine articles Newspaper articles Web sites Interviews Speeches CC0 Public Domain Remember, each source has a specific formatting style! 28
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Part 2, APA, the Basics Video
http://library.kaplan.edu/kuwc/citation
FINDING SOURCES AND USING THE LIBRARY S CITE FEATURE Conduct a search using Autism ABA to find this source. This is identified as an Academic Journal and the entire text is available.
CREATE AN APA STYLE CENTRAL ACCOUNT Go to the Research or Write tabs in APA Style Central. Select Write a New Paper or Add References to be prompted to create a free account. Once you have an account, go to Write and Start a new paper. Choose a Basic Paper template. Choose student assignment, which doesn t include an abstract or keywords. Enter a title, then you can choose add references or start writing. You will even get the option to watch a help video throughout the process.
Find the graphic organizer in the unit 7 Learning activities
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BOOK WITH ONE AUTHOR Maslow, A.H. (1974). Toward a psychology of being. Princeton: Van Nostrand. Author. (Publication year). Title. City of publication: publishing company. IN TEXT CITATION: (Maslow, 1974). 43
CHAPTER FROM BOOK Clements, K. (2010). Essay development. In D. Martinez, S. Carlson, & K. VanDam (Eds.), The Kaplan guide to successful writing (pp. 159-210). New York: Kaplan Publishing. Author. (Date of publication). Chapter/article title. Editor(s) names, in Title of book, page numbers. Publication city: publication company. In-text citation: (Clements, 2010).
JOURNAL ARTICLE Miller, W. (1969). Violent crimes in city gangs. Journal of Social Issues, 21(10), 1-28. Author. (year of publication). Title of article. Journal name, volume #(issue #), page number(s). IN TEXT CITATION: (Miller, 1969). For quote: (Miller, 1969, p. 27). 45
MAGAZINE ARTICLE McCurdy, H.G. (1983, June). Brain mechanisms and intelligence. Psychology Today, 46, 61-63. Author s name. (year/month of publication). Article title. Magazine Name, volume #, page number(s). IN TEXT CITATION: (McCurdy, 1983). 46
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE James, W.R. (1993, November 16).The uninsured and health care. Wall Street Journal, pp. A1, A14. Author s name. (Publication date). Article title. Newspaper name, page # and section. IN TEXT CITATION: (James, 1993). 47
WEB SITE (GOVERNMENT) U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2003). Guidelines for growing certified organic foods (USDA Publication No. 02-3456). Retrieved from http://www.deptofag.gov/organics Author. (Date of publication). Title of report (Report #). Retrieval URL. IN TEXT CITATION: (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2003).