Moving Beyond Wikipedia

What’s wrong with Wikipedia? “Responsibility – You take responsibility for your edits (since we only host your content).” Wikipedia Terms of Use Not considered academic/scholarly research

Google Scholar Scholar.google.ca ERIC Education Resources Information Center Eric.ed.gov Refseek Refseek.com

Written by someone qualified in the subject area Appears in an academic publication University publications, research journals, professional publications Reviewed by others qualified in the subject area Adheres to certain standards required by the publishers Explores a concept or idea by… Conducting original research Duplicating and expanding upon original research Referencing relevant academic materials What is a scholarly source?

Focus your research What exactly are you looking for? What are the key concepts/ideas? Follow the search engine guidelines Type in key words only Follow punctuation guidelines “lives”+”cat” VS “lives and cat” Narrow your results By year published, by type of publication, etc Google Scholar

Use scholarly/academic sources when… You are stating an idea that someone else had You are directly quoting someone else’s words You are paraphrasing someone else’s words In-text citations State the author, the year, and the pages Must appear whenever you do one of the above 3 things^ References List / Bibliography List of all references you used Author, year of publication, page numbers, publisher, publisher location, other info about publication (journal title or website address)

In-text citation Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263). “Works Cited” page Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. In-text citation According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style when it is new to them" (p. 199). “References” page Author, A. A. (Year of publication). Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle. Location: Publisher.

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