Academic Writing: Working with Outside Sources and APA Style RCC Library

Workshop Outcomes Understand how to manage outside sources and prevent plagiarism. Recognize the major features of APA Style. Locate and know how to use a style guide and other citation resources. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pomathorn/10718393565 License: public domain

The Academic Conversation You have the right to join the conversation (entering the nursing discipline). Many have come before you (find published research). Know their work (read the research). Give credit to their words and ideas (cite your work). Build on their work (think critically/be creative, think of alternatives, question assumptions, follow the money, etc.). Source image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwshq/5123550359 Steller sea lions bark a chorus on the Rogue Reef unit of Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge. (David B. Ledig/USFWS)

Faking the Academic Conversation Plagiarism Presenting someone else’s words, ideas, or images as your own work. Source: https://pixabay.com/en/wolf-sheep-clothing-disguise-coat-34469/ License: public domain

Avoid the scale of Plagiarism Not using citations correctly. Buying a paper online. “Blending” in outside passages. Misquoting a source. Mistakenly leaving out the citation. Keeping sentence structure & replacing words. Turning in an old paper.

Two methods to handle sources in your work: Quote them directly and give them credit (cite). Summarize or paraphrase their work and give them credit (cite). To summarize or paraphrase correctly, restate in your own words--change the sentence structure and the words. Introduce and explain them. Use them to support your own thinking and ideas. Respond/Disagree/Agree with a difference to them.

Quotation: Someone else’s words Cain (2013) concludes, “love is essential; gregariousness is optional” (p. 264).

Paraphrasing/Summarizing (change sentence structure and words) Cain (2013) asserts that understanding and valuing introversion benefits not only introverts, but all of society. Cain (2013) describes how the industrial revolution helped to create a society that reveres extroverts (p. 21).

Let’s Review! Two Methods to Prevent Plagiarism: Direct quote + citation = NO plagiarism (Summary or paraphrase) + citation = NO plagiarism Cain (2013) concludes, “love is essential; gregariousness is optional” (p. 264). Break into two slides with side by side examples of correctly cited and plagiarism. Cain (2013) describes how the industrial revolution helped to create a society that reveres extroverts (p. 21).

What don’t you cite? Craft brewing is very popular in Portland. General/Common Knowledge or what your audience already knows. George Washington was the first president of the United States. Craft brewing is very popular in Portland. Your own thoughts, ideas, or analysis Nursing students should drink more craft beer. On the other hand, intoxicated nursing students may be more likely to forget how to cite correctly.

Workshop Outcomes Understand how to manage outside sources and prevent plagiarism. Recognize the major features of APA Style. Locate and know how to use a style guide and other citation resources. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pomathorn/10718393565 License: public domain

APA Style consists of: Formatting In-text citations Reference Citations Here are some free online resources to get help with APA formatting: http://libguides.roguecc.edu/c.php?g=413644&p=2818481 https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/ http://www.easybib.com/guides/students/writing-guide/iv-write/a-formatting/apa-paper-formatting/ Image Sources: http://blog.apastyle.org/

APA Formatting Free online resources: RCC LibGuide: Licensed Practical Nursing Purdue OWL Bookmark your favorite tools or sites. Instructions for adding page numbers and APA style headers: https://www.lib.k-state.edu/faq/running-heads-apa-style-how-can-i-create-them-ms-word-2010

APA in-text citations Author named in signal phrase: Brooks (2011) finds “the use of gruyère cheese in macaroni and cheese results in markedly increased food intake” (p. 18). The American Nurses Association (2006) issued a position statement insisting that pharmaceutical companies immediately cease using thimerosal as a vaccine preservative. APA in-text citation: four moves

APA in-text citations Author named in parentheses: Research has found that the “use of gruyère in macaroni and cheese results in markedly increased food intake” (Brooks, 2011, p. 18). After the intervention, children increased in the number of books read per week (Smith & Wexwood, 2010). 

APA in-text citations bonus move! Secondary Source: In an interview, Jay Belsky, a psychology professor, said parents of highly reactive children should be supportive and nurturing and “not harsh, neglectful, or inconsistent” (as cited in Cain, 2013, p. 113).

APA Reference citations Free online resources: APA Style Blog Use the citation generator in EBSCO. RCC LibGuide: Licensed Practical Nursing Purdue OWL Bookmark your favorite tools or sites.

Workshop Outcomes Understand how to manage outside sources and prevent plagiarism. Recognize the major features of APA Style. Locate and know how to use a style guide and other citation resources. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pomathorn/10718393565 License: public domain

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