Thesis: What am I going to say/prove in this essay?
Main Idea 1:_why do I want to do these 2 jobs? Where did I get the idea?
Main Idea 2:Pick 2 WComps, tell why these will be REALLYgood for my 2 jobs
Main Idea 3: Read each of the 2 WComps. Why would each be useful to my 2 jobs?
Conclusion_____________which we aren’t doing yet!
Monday, May 24, 2010
Today’s Agenda: May 24 2010
Today's Agenda: May 24 2010
Attendance Sign In
Pick up Hand out
REMIND ME TO TELL YOU ABOUT AN UPDATE TO THE TRACKING CALENDAR!!!!! (TILT)
Quick Look at Tracking Calendar, sign and hand –in
Review General Information- BS Page link: http://vl.bryantstratton.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=126
Review NETS, DataBases
QUIZ (Ha ha!- you thought I forgot!)
TILT
What is Boolean? "Booelan made Simple" http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/
Basics of Plagiarism: "You Quote It, You Note it." http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Basics of Researching Overview: "Research It Right" http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/research/
Quick Read-through How to : APA- everything you need to know: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
(also avail on school website)
Quick look: APA CITATION MACHINE
http://citationmachine.net/index2.php?start=&reqstyleid=2
Activity 3: Find an E-book for Your Career Area in the netLibrary
An In-class Assignment: Databases in the Virtual Library-
Activity 1: Review the EBSCO Databases
Activity 2: Search for Two Articles about Workplace Competencies
Activity 3: Find an E-book for Your Career Area in the netLibrary
May 24 2010 Hand Out 1
An In-class and Out of Class Assignment: APA Guides and Sample References for Database Articles
Description of Exercise: | Identification of guides for the APA style; samples of references for sources in the EBSCO databases |
Objective: | To use samples of proper citation to database articles as a guide in preparing your own list of References for the Narrative Essay |
Content in the Tracking Calendar & Outcomes: | Documenting the sources in APA style References Outcome 7 |
Reading: | Research Strategies, pp. 176 – 177 (sample Reference list at the end of an essay); pp. 152 -168 (sample in-text citations, and references); See also Bryant & Stratton APA Style Guide, especially pp. 1, 3-5, 7, 8, 17, 38; bring textbook, Internet Research, to class as an aide for a possible quiz question. |
Background for Using Citations & References
Note_ DO NOT get hung up on the names of the worksheets- they may be "week 8" but they are not. Don't worry, just do what we assigned you.
Note_ DO NOT get hung up on the names of the worksheets- they may be "week 8" but they are not. Don't worry, just do what we assigned you.
Ideas which are borrowed from another source, quotes, and paraphrases must be cited (ie. credited or documented). The American Psychological Association style of citation is the standard adopted on campuses of Bryant & Stratton. The use of a source without citation is a serious omission called "plagiarism." We need to provide proper credit whether we quote or we paraphrase a source.
Do not try to memorize the styles for different kinds of sources. You will learn the essential style elements by referring frequently to examples of proper citations. Small inconsistencies can be seen among the examples. As long as you use one of the following sources as a guide, the instructor will accept your citation.
Where can I find APA examples of how to cite sources and write a paper?
· In the class handouts that help you prepare for an essay
The current handout, "wk7_narrative_essay_references," provides models and practice for citing database articles. Examples of
APA citations for sources in the EBSCO databases are on the reverse side of this sheet.
· In Bryant & Stratton College APA Style Guide by Melodie Fox
For in-text citations and tags (signal phrases) see pp. 3 - 5; and the examples below "Reference Entries: Electronic Sources" on p. 17.
For References to articles in databases see the example for "Scholarly database..." on p. 17.
For sample lists of References see pp. 8, 38.
· In your textbook: Research Strategies by Bonnie L. Tensen --
See pages particularly pages 168 - 169 for examples of how to cite articles from a database.
See pages 176 - 177 for a list of References for a sample essay in APA style
You do not need to identify an Article No. in LIBS100, as shown in Tensen's examples of References.
· In the APA's authoritative publication (copies in the Library):
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition
Activity 1 of 1: Include a List of References for Your Essay
The last sheet of your essay should have a list of References. The last sheet will continue the running head in the upper Left corner, and page number in the upper Right corner. Type "References" in the top center of the last sheet below the running head and page number. You will be creating two References for two articles from a trade magazine or a peer-reviewed ("academic," "scholarly") journal. See the EBSCO record for each article in order to acquire the data needed for a Reference.
General Rules --
Authors' Names: Use initials for first and middle names. Alphabetize all entries in a list of References. If no author is provided for an article, start with the title.
Titles: For articles, chapters and books, capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle and proper nouns. Fully capitalize periodical titles.
Periodical & book names: Italicize the names (titles) of periodicals and books, but do not italicize the title of an article or chapter.
Dates: Publication dates use the order year, month day. The access date uses the order of month day year.
Sources for the Narrative Essay: Select two articles about workplace competencies from scholarly journals or trade magazines.
Titles: For articles, chapters and books, capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle and proper nouns. Fully capitalize periodical titles.
Periodical & book names: Italicize the names (titles) of periodicals and books, but do not italicize the title of an article or chapter.
Dates: Publication dates use the order year, month day. The access date uses the order of month day year.
Sources for the Narrative Essay: Select two articles about workplace competencies from scholarly journals or trade magazines.
Sample References for Articles in the Databases and in the Physical Library
(reverse side)
(reverse side)
Journal article from a database with multiple authors (If more than 6 authors, follow the 6th author with et al.):
Pattern:
1stAuthorLastName, Initials of first & middle names, & 2ndAuthorLastName, initials. (PublicationYear). Title of the article. Journal Title, Volume#(Issue#),
StartPage-EndPage. Retrieved from Database Name database.
Example:
Crainer, S.T., & Dearlove, D.A. (2003). Windfall economics. Business Strategy Review, 14(4), 68-72. Retrieved from the Business Source Complete
database.
Options for the corresponding in-text citations:
Use para. # rather than p. # for an un-paginated database article in HTML format. Place the period for a sentence after the last parentheses. The use of an idea, for which you do not use the author's exact words, does not require a page or paragraph number.
Example of a parenthetical citation to credit simply an idea from an article; the dotted line represents a sentence that paraphrases an idea in an article:
.............................................................................................................................................................................................. (Crainer & Dearlove, 2003).
Example of using a signal-phrase to credit a source upon quoting the exact words; the dotted line represents the quote:
Crainer and Dearlove (2003) state that " ............................................................................................................................................................. " (p. 69).
Abstract (summary) of a database article with a single author:
Pattern:
1stAuthorLastName, 1st initials. (PublicationYear). Title of the article [Abstract]. Journal Title, Volume#(Issue#), StartPage-EndPage. Retrieved from
Database Name database.
Example:
Gish, J. (2005, May). Taking responsibility for your employees' morale [Abstract]. Supervision, 66(5), 8-10. Retrieved from Vocational & Career
Collection database.
Magazine article from a database without an identified author and without a date:
Pattern:
Title of the article. (n.d.). Magazine Title, Volume#(Issue#), StartPage-EndPage. Retrieved from Database Name database.
Example:
Innovation and teamwork: Introducing multidisciplinary team ward rounds. (n.d.). Nursing Management, 3(1), 28-31. Retrieved from Health Source:
Nursing Academic Edition database.
Magazine article re-published in the database, "Gale Opposing Viewpoints":
Pattern:
AuthorLastName, Initials. (PublicationYear, Month Day). Title of the article. In editor's 1st initial LastName (Ed.), Opposing Viewpoints: Series title.
Retrieved from Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
Example:
Wise, T. (2004, November 19). Higher minority crime rates do not justify white fear or racial profiling. In L. Gerdes (Ed.), Opposing viewpoints: Violence.
Retrieved from Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.
May 24 2010 Hand Out 2
An In-class and Out of Class Assignment
Format of the Narrative Essay --"What should my essay look like?"
Description of Exercise: | Preparation of a first essay in the Student Learning Portfolio, the Narrative Essay |
Objective: | To learn how to format a page in APA style To prepare a title page in APA style for the Narrative Essay To set up the section headings for the Narrative Essay To practice proper in-text citations & references for content taken from articles in database To write the APA Reference for a sample record in an EBSCO database |
Content in the Tracking Calendar & Outcome | Outcome 7 |
Reading: | In Research Strategies, see pp.151 – 177; In B&S College APA Style Guide see pp. 1-9, 17, 33, 35 - 38 for samples of in-text citations, References, & sample pages from an essay; bring the textbook, Internet Research, to class as an aide for a quiz question. |
Assignment name: | wk5_narrative_essay_format |
Background
You will learn the answer in this handout to the questions – "What should the Narrative Essay look like?" "How do I credit my sources?"
A quick answer to both questions is that your essay will follow the APA standards for page formatting, for citations, and for References. This handout acquaints you with the APA standards. Also you will create sections with section headings in order to organize your essay. A separate handout, "wk4_narrative_essay_content," answers the following questions – "What do I write about?," and "Where do I go for sources?"
Overview in Preparing the Narrative Essay –
· Start the Narrative Essay in class, today, by doing the following:
o Go to the Start button in the lower Left of your desktop and find MS Office Word 2007 among the programs. Open Word 2007.
o Save the blank file with a filename, such as: narrative essay.
§ Save your file as a Word 97 – 2003 document so that it is in "compatibility mode." We practiced this
procedure in an earlier class. Instructions are in your earlier handouts.
o Place the file in the your folder, which you created in the S-drive in an earlier class.
o Prepare the title page in class for the Narrative Essay.(if you can)
o Set up in class the primary and secondary section headings under which you will write paragraphs of content.
o Save your file every few minutes into your S drive. Otherwise you may lose your work accidentally.
o In order to continue work at home or elsewhere, save the last version of your file in class onto your thumb drive.
o If you brought a thumb drive, insert it in one of the USB ports in the bottom Right of the PC tower.
§ Pause for 15 – 30 seconds (our USB ports are slow, while our thumb drives are fast).
§ Click on the icon for "My Computer" in order to see if your station shows a new drive in the network. Usually a thumb drive is assigned "E." Sometimes you see simply the manufacturer's name like "Kingston."
§ Tip: If your thumb drive is not recognized by your station, then log out. Insert it into a USB port before logging-on to a station. The log-on your station, repeat the preceding steps.
· As homework before next class do the following:
o Continue research In the Virtual Library. Last week we looked at the EBSCO databases in which you will do most of your research. Your homework was to look for two articles about two of the nine workplace competencies. Then you were instructed to print the database record and full-text for each article.
· Find at least two articles about two workplace competencies, even if they do not focus on your preferred job.
· Use trade magazines and peer-reviewed (scholarly) journals. Do not use popular magazines, newspapers, and book reviews.
· Print the EBSCO records and the full-text for two articles about two competencies.
o Complete a draft of your essay by writing several paragraphs under each section heading.
An Introduction is recommended. It is a very short paragraph, which announces your purpose in the essay.
A Conclusion is recommended at the end of the essay. It is a very short paragraph, which summarizes what you have discussed in your essay.
o Identify two types of jobs (career specializations). Explain why these specializations interest you. See the separate handout, "wk5_narrative_essay_content," for more details about your explanation of your career interests.
o Choose two of the nine workplace competencies. Explain why you think the competencies are important in the two jobs.
o Summarize how the author(s) of two articles discuss your chosen competencies even though the authors may be focused on a career other than your own.
o Explain how the discussion of a competency in each of your chosen articles might be applied to the jobs in which you have an interest.
Here is an example of how a student in Medical Assisting applies an article she found about Persistence in criminal investigation --
Student's major: Medical Assistance |
One of the student's chosen competencies: Persistence |
The student finds an article, which describes Persistence in crime scene investigation. The article says: The most effective crime scene investigators exercise extraordinary Persistence in following clues. |
The student in Medical Assisting can use the article! The student might argue the following --: The article's explanation of the effectiveness of Persistence among investigators applies also to medical assistants. Sometimes medical assistants need to be persistent in developing a patient education plan, especially for patients who show skepticism or resistance. |
· In the lab of next week's class do the following --
o Complete a ROUGH draft of the essay in the lab during the next class meeting, and turn in the final draft during the lab.
o The instructor recommends submission of 2-3 pages in order to have the detail needed to perform on the High level. The total pages include the title page and a page with References to two articles.
Scoring the essay:
An overview of the Student Learning Portfolio is on the course Web page and on the drive for data-files ("G"). The rubrics for scoring the essays are in the same places. The first essay, a Narrative Essay, is worth 6 points. The whole Portfolio constitutes 30 points of the course.
the SmarThinking service.
§ Click on the link for SmarThinking, which is on the page that provides entrance into the Virtual Library. Enter your email address as the username: vb.lastname.firstname@mail.bryantstratton.edu Enter your B ID# as the password.
§ follow the instructions for the extra credit project, "SmarThinking Assistance." This extra credit project is in the LIBS-folder with other extra-credit projects in the data-file drive of the campus network and on the course Web page.
§ Send your essay to ST several days before your class meets to allow for turn-around time and your revision.
Saving and transporting your file:
Save each essay to the COMM150dasilva folder in your space on the S-drive in the campus network. Other instructors may look for your essay in that location. Use a file-name of the form, narrative_essay, when you type your document's name in the Save-As window of Office Word. If you work on an essay at home, remember to bring your file on a thumb drive (or floppy) to the labs on campus in order to transfer it to the S drive. When you complete the essay in the lab during class, save the final draft to the S drive and to your storage device AND email it to yourself!
Which version of MS Office should I use?
Use MS Office Word 2007, and save your file in compatibility mode as a Word 97-2003 document. We practiced on how to save your file in compatibility mode in an earlier class. The instructions are in earlier handouts.
The late period and deductions:
Provide your essay on time in the next meeting of your class. A doctor's excuse is required for waiving the half-deduction in the brief late period. The excuse must show inability to do the work from the prior class meeting to the meeting in which the essay is due. Work submitted during the brief late period must be turned-in to the receptionist. You will sign a turn-in sheet at the receptionist's desk.
Tips in Preparing the Narrative Essay --
o Develop a rough draft of your Narrative Essay as homework before your class meets next week, and use the checklist.
o Use all, or most of, the Lab time of the following week to revise the rough draft into a final draft, and turn-in the final draft of the essay in the lab.
· Ask the instructor to look over the rough draft & checklist in the Lab Time, and acquire the credit for participation in the lab for the essay. The credit is available only if you allow the instructor to scan your work for completeness.
· Revise the essay during the Lab by using the instructor's comments and submit the final draft during Lab Time.
o Consider the use of SmarThinking (ST) for assistance with writing and for extra credit.
§ Read the extra credit project for SmarThinking. If you wish the 4 points of extra credit, the instructions must be
followed. The project is explained in a folder for extra credit on the drive for data-files, and on the course Web page.
§ Submit a rough draft to SmarThinking 1 - 3 days after the class in which you receive instructions for the essay.
Revise your rough draft in response to the feedback received from ST. Submit this revision, along with the comments
by ST, when you turn-in your essay in the lab for the essay in the next class meeting.
Activity 1: Answer Questions about the Format of a Sample Page
The illustrated page shows the format of a page from the middle of an essay by a student in Medical Assistance. The student continues a few sentences from the first section. The first section explains her interest in two specializations. The sentences, which are continued from the prior page, are represented by the dotted lines at the top of the page 3. Then the student begins the second section of her essay about two principal workplace competencies. You writing about the competencies may start on a different page. The APA requirements for the overall format are listed to the Left of the sample page. The illustration shows only proportional margins and spacing due to its small size. Answer the questions below the illustrated page.
Overall format requirements: | A sample page 3 with a section about competencies (your discussion of competencies may start in the middle of this page, or on another page): | |
APA Requirements: Font type: Times Roman; boldface only the headings; no color Font size: 12 Margins: 1 inch Double-spaced lines everywhere; use boldface for the headings; no color Running head (= short title): Location: Upper Left corner of each page (note that the older sample APA papers in your textbooks show the short titles in the upper Right corner) Content of short title: 1-3 words Page numbers: Upper Right Headings: Primary headings are centered & boldfaced on each page. example: Two Workplace Competencies for My Specializations A heading for a conclusion is optional. Secondary headings are boldfaced on the Left margin example: Working in Teams Save your document in compatibility mode in the LIBS100 folder on the S-drive with a file-name; also save your file onto your flash drive, if you plan to do work at home. sample file-name: Narrative Essay |
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What is the shortened (running) title and number in the illustrated page? .....................................................................................
How much spacing occurs between all lines? ..................................................................................
How big is the margin around all the text including the short title? ..................................................
Look at the primary section-heading, "Two Important Workplace Competencies for My Specialization." This heading is used to start the second section of the essay. The instructor recommends two main sections in the Narrative Essay. Sample primary headings for each of the two sections of a Narrative Essay in Criminal Justice are:
1st primary section heading for 1st section of the essay: | Two Possible Specializations in Criminal Justice |
2nd primary section heading for the 2nd section of the essay: | Two Workplace Competencies for My Specializations |
What is an example of a primary section-heading, which you might use for an essay in your career area?
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Look at the secondary section-headings along the Left margin of the sample page. The author plans to discuss her workplace competencies under the secondary headings of Sense of Quality, and Working in Teams. Secondary section-headings are boldfaced. The sample APA paper in your textbook does not show any section headings. The instructor recommends secondary section headings, because they organize your writing, and aid your readers in following changes in your focus. Your essays will obtain a higher score, if you use both secondary and primary section headings to organize clearly your content.
What is an example of one of your workplace competencies that you could list along the Left margin as a secondary section-heading?
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What is a file-name that you could use upon saving your Narrative Essay? ........................................................................................
Activity 2: It's Your Turn -- Prepare a Title Page for Your Essay
Examine the format requirements of a title page, and the sample title-page, below. Then open Microsoft Office Word and develop a title
page for your Narrative Essay.
Format of Title Page | Sample Title Page | |
Except for the running head, the sample title page illustrated on the Right follows the title page shown in the Bryant & Stratton College APA Style Guide, p. 33. The running head (= short title) is in the upper Left corner, while the page number is in the upper Right corner. (Your textbooks show an older version with both running head and page # in the upper Right.). In Word 2007 here is how to create the running head on each page and a page # -- Go to the tab for Insert; Select the ribbon for Page Number; Choose option 1 for top Left corner; Type the short title in front of the inserted number; while the cursor is between the head and page #, hold the spacebar until the page # moves to the upper Right corner. Click the ribbon for "Close header & footer." The title is approx. one-fourth page length from top and centered. The byline contains your first name and last name. It is double-spaced below the title and centered. The following information is double-spaced below your own name: College name Course name and section Instructor's name Date due |
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Go to Microsoft Office Word 2007 from the Start button and list of Programs on your computer. When you open up a blank document, a good practice is to save it immediately into the LIBS100 folder, which you created earlier in the S drive. Use a file-name, such as: Narrative Essay.
Remember to include on your new title page: (1) Shortened title with page number; (2) Title of your Narrative Essay; (3) Your byline; (4) College name; (5) Course name and section; (6) Instructor's name; and (6) The due date of the assignment. Do not copy exactly the information on the illustrated title page. It is only a sample.
Activity 3: Start a First Page, which Follows Your Title Page
The total length of the Narrative Essay includes the following -- A title page + the body of the essay (2 main sections) + a page of references. In the beginning section of the Narrative Essay you explain your interest in two specializations within your degree program. This first section may be a page or page-and-a-half in length.
In this class you start the first page in the body of your essay. Read the following requirements for the format of the first page of the body of the essay, and look at the illustrated page:
Format of a first page after the title page: | Sample first page after title page: | |
Shortened title (header): Upper Left corner Use the same running head on very page. It consists of the first few words of the title of your document. Page number: Upper Right corner Full title of Essay: Centered (repeated from the title page) Headings: Primary headings: Centered & boldfaced on each page examples: "Introduction" "Two Specializations"; "Two Paralegal Jobs of Primary Interest" Secondary headings: Boldfaced on Left margin Paragraphs: Indent first line of each paragraph about a half-inch. Use relatively short paragraphs for each transition in your focus. A paragraph has several sentences. A paragraph should be less than half a page in length. Spacing: All lines are double-spaced. Only a double-space separates the sections, too. |
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Instructions:
Create a second, blank page after your title page. Your new page will become the first page in the body of your essay. You can place your cursor after the last text on your title page, and strike the Enter key until the cursor falls below a page-break for the second page. This blank page should be numbered as "2." You begin writing your actual essay on the second page. Include the following --
o Type a short title and page number, and title of your essay.
o Type a primary section heading in boldface in the center of the page under which you will identify two types of jobs in your
career area, and explain your interest in each. An example of a primary section heading is -- Two Specializations
1. Type on the left margin in boldface two secondary headings for your chosen jobs. Allow some empty space in which you will write your paragraphs under each of the secondary headings. Examples of two secondary section headings are -- Probation Officer; and Crime Scene Investigator.
2. In preparing the rough draft as homework, you will explain why you are interested in your chosen jobs. How did you develop an interest in the two possible specializations? Why are your chosen specializations important to you? Why should anyone else care about the work of a professional in your areas of interest? Do not provide details about duties and training in the Narrative Essay – those details go into the next essay, a Descriptive Essay.
o After you have explained why you have chosen your two specializations in the first section, you explain in the next section why two workplace competencies are important for those specializations. Your discussion about two competencies in the second section may start in the middle or lower part of the third page.
1. Type in the center of the page the primary section heading for the last (second) section of your essay. An example of a primary section heading, which begins your discussion of two competencies is – Two Competencies for My Specializations
2. Type on the left margin in italics two secondary subject headings for your chosen workplace competencies. Examples of secondary section headings about competencies in Criminal Justice are – Working in Teams; and Information Processing.
3. You will write several paragraphs about each of the two competencies, which you think are most important.
a. One of the paragraphs should explain why you think the ability is important.
b. Another paragraph should summarize what an article says about the competency.
c. A third paragraph will explain how you might apply the article's discussion of a competency to jobs in which you would like to work after graduation.
Activity 4: Practice in Providing In-text Citations for Two Sources
You must use citations in-text and at the end of your paper (References) for the sources, which are used in an essay. Look at the APA rules on the Left, and the examples of two in-text citations on the illustrated page. Then practice writing citations in-text by following the instructions on the next page.
See pages 150 - 153 of your textbook, Research Strategies, for examples of in-text citations. Also see page 3 for "Examples" in the Bryant & Stratton APA Style Guide. The Reference page entries on pages 17 in the APA Style Guide show in-text citations below each sample Reference for articles in databases.
APA rules for using citations & references, and the format of in-text references | Sample in-text references on an illustrated page | |
Each source listed in the References at the end of the essay must be cited in-text in the body of the essay, and reversely -- Each source cited in your text must appear in the list of References at the end of your paper. Every fact, statistic, idea, or word borrowed from a source for the essay must be cited. When you take a phrase or sentence(s) from a page of an article, which the databases display in PDF format, use the page number in parentheses. When you quote from an article, which the databases display only in HTML format, you count to the paragraph from which you take the idea or quote. Use the paragraph number in parentheses. Paraphrase rather than quote most of your sources. In order to be safe with Fair Use Guidelines observe the following limits -- Do not quote more than 1 sentence or long phrase from a single article. Provide the name of the author in a "signal phrase" at the start of your sentence in which you are borrowing from the author. Use initials for the first and middle names. Follow with the publication date in parentheses. Another way to cite a source: Identify the author's last name, date, and page # in parentheses at the end of a sentence that quotes an author. If you mention the titles of books and periodicals, italicize them. If you mention the title of an article, quote it. Capitalize only the first word and proper nouns in the title of an article. It is unnecessary to identify the title of a periodical or article, when you can identify the author(s). |
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Practice with in-text citations:
Two sources are cited, below, in a list of References. On the Right provide the proper in-text citation to the source in each Reference. | Fill in the dotted lines, below, with the proper in-text citations to the sources on the Left. Look at the examples of citations in the illustrated page, above. |
Look for the author's last name, and the publication's year in the Reference, below: Butterworth, J.E. (2005, January 3). A sense of quality and level of empathy among nurse assistants. Nursing Care Quarterly, 13(2), 32 – 35. Retrieved from the Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition database. | Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the author's last name, a comma, and the year in which the article was published. Note that the sentence paraphrases an idea. Assume that the sentence uses the essay writer's own words. The sentence does not quote literally a sentence by Butterworth. Use the data from the Reference in the Left column: A nurse at Sentara Hospital wrote recently that the frequency of burnout and early job departure appeared to be highest among nurses whose degree of empathy for patients affected their private lives ( ……………………………………………………). |
Find the two authors' last names, and the year of the article's publication in the Reference, below: Jones, E., & Palmer, S. (2004, May/June). Teamwork in family law and mediation. Legal Assistant Today, 26(1), 51 – 55. Retrieved from the Legal Collection database. | Fill in the blank in the following sentence with the authors' last names, and place the year of the article's publication in the parentheses. Note that the essay writer quotes literally from the article, and so a page # or a paragraph # is necessary. Use the data in the Reference in the Left column. …………………………........…(…………...) claim that a "legal assistant, social worker, and spouses must function as a team in order to proceed with resolution of custodial conflicts in the break-up of a family" (p. 54). |
Activity 5: Practice Developing a Short List of References
Read the following guidelines for References at the end of your Narrative Essay. Look at the sample list of References in the boldly outlined sample of a final page of an essay. Then practice with developing an APA citation for the EBSCO record of an article below the table. See also the sample References for articles in databases on p. 17 in Bryant & Stratton APA Style Guide.
Guidelines for your References: | Sample References for database articles in the Virtual Library: | |
Title of the page with your list of references: References Double-space and list in alphabetical order by authors (or by title, if an author is missing) All lines below the first in each citation are indented. Use only sources from trade magazines or scholarly journals. The articles used in the Narrative Essay should be from the databases of the Virtual Library. Format of a citation for a database article without an author: Article title. (year, month date). Periodical Title, Volume # (issue #), 1st page # - last page #. Retrieved from (database Name) database. Format of a citation for an article with two authors: 1st author's last name, initial(s), 2nd author's last name, initials. (year, month date). Article title. Periodical title, Volume #(issue #), 1st page # - last page #. Retrieved from (database name) database. |
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Instructions for practice with using data in a database record in creating a proper Reference:
In order to provide all of the required data in your References you need to print the EBSCO record for an article in addition to the full text of the article. The EBSCO record for an article in a database shows data that must be included in a proper Reference.
Here is an example of data taken from an EBSO record for an article by Godderis:
Title: Dining in: The Symbolic Power of Food in Prison.
Author: GODDERIS, REBECCA.
Source: Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Jul2006, Vol. 45 Issue 3, p255-267, 13p
Database name: Academic Search Premier
Tip for creating your References:
Follow an APA model and example, when you create your References. Models are in your college APA Style Guide See page 17 for a model and example for citing an article from a database in an in-text citation and in a Reference. The Style Guide from the College illustrates the old way of citing articles by including date of retrieval. Currently APA drops retrieval dates. Also see the examples of References in the handout, wk5_narrative_essay_references. The current handout also contains examples.
For this exercise you can look at the sample Reference on the preceding page for the article by Jones & Palmer. Create on the dotted lines a Reference for the article by Godderis about food in prison. See the data from the EBSCO record in the shaded box, above.
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The APA "Bible" tells me to provide a DOI – Do I need it for the essays at the College?
The latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (our citation "Bible") directs authors, who seek publication for a national/international audience, to identify the "digital object identifier" for an article. The DOI identifies uniquely an article regardless of where it is published or distributed. With the specification of the DOI, published researchers can assist diverse readers in locating cited articles, when the audience does not share access to the same databases. APA instructs authors to provide the URL for the journal's Web site, when a DOI is unavailable. Retrieval dates are omitted.
The common practice on university and college campuses is for undergraduate students to continue to identify the databases from which an article is obtained, because members of a particular campus community assist each other by identifying their shared
resources --
"When in doubt, provide more information rather than less. Because one purpose of listing references is to enable readers to
retrieve and use the sources, most entries contain the following elements: author, year of publication, title, and publishing or
retrieval data – all the information necessary for unique identification and library search" (American Psychological Association,
2010, p. 193).
The Comm150 instructor considers your citations and References as acceptable insofar as you follow consistently the models in either of several sources -- the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association; the models in the instructor's handouts; or the models in your textbooks – Research Strategies for a Digital Age; and Bryant & Stratton College's APA Style Guide.
Source of quote:
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (Sixth Edition). Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
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