Library, Campus, and Internet Resources HS 1 Understanding Your Health

Assessing Credible Internet Resources CARS Credibility An authoritative source, a source that supplies some good evidence that allows you to trust it Accuracy A source that is correct today (not yesterday), a source that gives the whole truth Reasonableness A source that engages the subject thoughtfully and reasonably, concerned with the truth Support A source that provides convincing evidence for the claims it made, a source you can triangulate (find at least two other sources that support it)

When researching…. Wikipedia is NOT appropriate for academic papers Do NOT use.coms Use sources such as:.gov,.edu,.org Scholarly Peer Reviewed Journals A great place to start is WWW. CDC.gov

Why Use APA Format? Allows readers to cross- reference your sources easily Provides consistent format within a discipline Gives you credibility as a writer Protects yourself from plagiarism

Cross-Referencing Your Sources Cross-referencing allows readers to locate the publication information of source material. This is of great value for researchers who may want to locate your sources for their own research projects.

Using a Consistent Format Using a consistent format helps your reader understand your arguments and the sources they’re built on. It also helps you keep track of your sources as you build arguments.

Establishing Credibility The proper use of APA style shows the credibility of writers; such writers show accountability to their source material.

Avoiding Plagiarism Proper citation of your sources in APA style can help you avoid plagiarism, which is a serious offense. It may result in anything from failure of the assignment to expulsion from school.

Where Do I Find APA Format? Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. Composition textbooks OWL (online writing lab) website: owl.english.purdue.edu owl.english.purdue.edu

APA Style: Two Main Concerns Reference Page Parenthetical Citations

Reference Page A list of every source that you make reference to in your essay. Provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any sources cited in your essay. Each source cited in the essay must appear in the reference list, and vice versa (sources cited in the body of the text must be included in the reference list.

Reference Page APA Style Most references should contain the following basic information: Author’s name (last name & 1 st initial of 1 st name) Date Title of Article Publication information Ex- McCarthy, M., & Smith, J. (2009). Suicide Prevention. Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved March 9, 2009, from

Most citations should contain the following basic information: Author’s name Title of work Publication information Reference Page

What other types of sources might you need to list on your reference page? Study the basics of APA citation format. When something odd comes up, don’t guess. Look it up! Reference Page

When Should You Use Citations? When summarizing facts and ideas from a source Summarizing means to take ideas from a large passage of another source and condense them, using your own words When using statistics Cite ALL statistics unless it is a general fact i.e. the majority of women are childbearing. Suicide is the 11 th leading cause of death (CDC, 2009).

When Should You Use Citations? When summarizing facts and ideas from a source Summarizing means to take ideas from a large passage of another source and condense them, using your own words When paraphrasing a source Cite all statistics unless it is a general fact i.e. the majority of women are childbearing. Suicide is the 11 th leading cause of death (Centers for Disease Control, 2009)

Citations in the body of the text Use author’s LAST NAME, Date (Hales, 2009) Multiple authors (Smith, McCarthy & Brice, 2009) Websites- (Centers for Disease Control, 2009) Then abbreviate (CDC, 2009). DO DO DO NOT NOT NOT USE.COMS IN YOUR RESEARCH PAPER. ONLY PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS & WEBSITES (.GOV,.EDU,.ORG) No WebMD.com allowed!!!!!

Handling Quotes in Your Text Author’s last name, publication year, and page number(s) of quote must appear in the text Caruth (1996) states that a traumatic response frequently entails a “delayed, uncontrolled repetitive appearance of hallucinations and other intrusive phenomena” (p.11). A traumatic response frequently entails a “delayed, uncontrolled repetitive appearance of hallucinations and other intrusive phenomena” (Caruth, 1996, p.11).

Reference Page Alphabetize Use initials of author(s) first name(s) (do not spell out their first name) Ex McCarthy, M. Double space Use BLACK ink only (NO BLUE ink when listing Internet sites) Use the word References and center in the middle of the page Number the reference page