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

2. Helpful links http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/references/
Search APA style
Most recent update—6th edition
2009

3. 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)

4. 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

5. 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.

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

7. 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

8. Page/article from website
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of article. Website name. Retrieved from

9. 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).

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.