1. Introduction to Library Research & APA Style Dual Enrollment Psychology

2. Selecting Sources The sources you select should be SCHOLARLY or PROFESSIONAL –This means… No newspapers or magazines Use books, credible online sources, but especially JOURNAL ARTICLES –Empirical information

3. Organization of Journal Articles Summary of a research study that has been done: –Introduction –Methods –Results –Discussion –References We will look at some samples next week…

4. Selecting Sources Use the a college or university’s online databases to locate PROFESSIONAL or SCHOLARLY sources to use in your paper. http://www.capella.edu

5. Selecting Sources ProQuest Social Science Journals –Select “full-text” –Select “peer-reviewed” –Sources should be recent BE SELECTIVE!!!!!!!

6. APA Style Same purpose as MLA style… Some subtle differences in CITATIONS and REFERENCE PAGE We use APA Style in Psychology!

7. Using APA Style Use of APA style in your research project: –Within-text CITATIONS Used to indicate when material is borrowed Author and Year –REFERENCE PAGE Complete information about each source Each citation should have a matching reference –(Smith, 2005) citations…Smith on ref. page

8. Using APA Style http://citationmachine.net/

9. A Final Note If you do not cite sources in your paper and/or do not include a reference page, your work could be considered PLAGIARISM. DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN!