APA Research Paper Day 3: Works cited page, Citations, and Outlining

Helpful links http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/references/ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/664/1/ https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ Search APA style Most recent update—6th edition 2009

Similarities to MLA Double-spaced 1 inch margins Times New Roman, size 12 Has a reference page Called References, not Works Cited (like in MLA)

Point of view and voice Can use first person point of view Can talk about your study/research/paper within the paper Still avoid contractions & you

In-text citations Main differences EXAMPLES Include year Commas Put p. before page # (if page numbers) EXAMPLES According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199).  Jones (1998) found "students often had difficulty using APA style" (p. 199); what implications does this have for teachers? She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.

Reference list basics Title “References” Hanging indents (just like MLA) Alphabetized Double-spaced (list the rest of the essay)

Article from a journal Journal: academic, scholarly Google scholar stuff usually Author, A., & Author, B. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number, page range. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Page/article from website Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of article. Website name. Retrieved from http://www.someaddress.com/full/url/

Other things n.d.=no date No page numbers? Use the paragraph number But if the source doesn’t even have a year for a date, it’s probably not a good source No page numbers? Use the paragraph number (Hall, 2001, para. 5).

The Outline Right now, you should have… All, or at least almost all, of your secondary research done Some of your primary research done with a plan to finish it in the next week More sources than you actually need (10) Multiple quotes from each If you didn’t keep all quotes (you paraphrased some), make sure you note which are quotes and which are not

Now you need to… Look at your research as a whole and start to notice trends Look for sources that say similar things Look for topics that are mentioned in multiple sources *Rearrange your organizer according to topic now instead of source

What I do when I’m at this step Start putting my research quotes under the literature review section while sorting quotes by topic Each topic will be a different paragraph(s) under my literature review section

Important note Even though you have only quotes now, eventually MOST of them will be turned into paraphrases and summaries by YOU. Paraphrases and summaries still get cited the same way, however.