5. I need to do an article review for
a class, and it needs to be about
X topic.
Where can I find articles?
6. Academic Search Ultimate - multidisciplinary
ERIC - Education
Professional Development Collection - Education
Business Source Premier – Business & Finance
DATABASES
12. Paper Format Guide
Documenting Sources
Works Cited, Reference List, or Bibliography
Rules for font, style, margins, line space, organization, and more.
Mechanics of Style
Guidelines for clear, consistent communication – includes bias free language, spelling,
capitalization, numbers, punctuation, and more.
WHAT IS A CITATION STYLE?
APA is one example of a citation style.
17. BIAS FREE LANGUAGE
“It is unacceptable to use constructions that might imply prejudicial
beliefs or perpetuate biased assumptions, against persons on the
basis of age, disability, gender, participation in research, racial or
ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or some
combination of these or other personal factors. Instead, authors
should use affirming and inclusive language” (American Psychological
Association, 2020, p. 131).
18. GUIDELINES FOR REDUCING BIAS
1. Describe at the Appropriate Level of Specificity
Focus on relevant characteristics.
Acknowledge relevant differences that do exist.
Be appropriately specific.
2. Be Sensitive to Labels
Acknowledge People’s Humanity – “the poor” v. “people living in
poverty.”
Provide Operational Definitions and Labels
Avoid False Hierarchies
APA Citation Manual, pp. 132-134
19. GUIDELINES FOR REDUCING BIAS
1. Age
2. Disability – first-person language or identity-first language.
3. Gender – “attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associations with a person’s
biological sex” (p. 138).
4. Participation in Research – acknowledge contribution and agency.
5. Racial and Ethnic Identity – use racial and/or ethnic terms that your participants themselves
use.
6. Sexual Orientation – “a person’s sexual and emotional attraction to another person and the
behavior and/or social affiliation that may result from this attraction” (p. 146).
7. Socioeconomic Status – use first-person language, ”welfare mothers” v. “mothers who receive
TANF benefits.”
8. Intersectionality – “identifies the way in which individuals are shaped by and identify with a
vast array of cultural, structural, sociobiological, economic, and social contexts” (p. 148).
APA Citation Manual, pp. 135-148
20. WEB PAGE
JOURNAL ARTICLE
BOOK
Author(s)
Title
Edition
Place of Publication
Publisher
Publication Date
PARTS
Chapters/Section titles
Book titles
Author(s)
JournalTitle
ArticleTitle
Volume #
Issue #
Publication Date
Page numbers
URL/DOI
Author(s)
WebsiteTitle
WebpageTitle
Update date
URL
WHAT ARECOMMON ELEMENTS IN A CITATION?
21. On page 4, find
examples of in-text
citations.
22. TWO KINDS OF IN-TEXT CITATION
Narrative (signal phrase) citation: As researchers Walker and Pearce
(2014) note…
Parenthetical citation: (Walker & Pearce, 2014, p. 281).
23. TWO KINDS OF IN-TEXT CITATION
Narrative (signal phrase) citation: As researchers Walker and Pearce
(2014) note…
Parenthetical citation: (Walker & Pearce, 2014, p. 281).
Note the difference of when “and” and “&” are used.
28. Find a citation in the
Reference List and find an
example of an in-text
citation for that source.
29. IN-TEXT v REFERENCE LIST
Reference: Avery, R. J., Bryant, W. K., Mathios, A., Kang, H.,
& Bell, D. (2006). Electronic course
evaluations: Does an online delivery system
influence student evaluations? The
Journal of Economic Education, 37(1), 21- 37.
37. http://doi.org/10.3200/JECE.37.1.21-37
In-text: Avery et al., (2006)
32. LEARN APA
Work with a partner to complete the “Learn APA”
worksheet. You will be asked the following:
1. Identify errors and correct in-text citations.
2. Identify errors and correct reference list
citations.
3. Find a source and cite!
33. CORRECT THE IN-TEXT
Many challenges are associated with this model, not least of which include time
constraints and pressure to cover a “proliferating amount of information literacy content”
(Buchanan, H. E. and & McDonough, B. A. 2017 p. 1). However, more critically is the one-
shot’s often observed lack of student engagement.Walker & and Pearce (2014)
acknowledge that when taking into account the defining characteristics of student
engagement “it is not too great a leap to propose that one 50 or 75-min library instruction
session does not provide ample opportunity for substantial levels of engagement to
manifest” (p. 287)." Even the most well-intentioned librarian cannot hope to engage
students within a 50 to 75-minute period and produce lasting, long-term information
literate students”. (Markgraf et al., 2015). Needs a signal phrase ”Because librarians try
to accomplish so much in a short amount of time, there is little time for active learning,
and, as a result, most of the class session is lecture-based” (Markgraf et al., 2015, p. 6).
The degree to which students must interact with information and apply good information
use practices in order to truly become information literate requires much longer intervals
between learning and practice (Spievak & Hayes-Bohana,YYYY).
34. REFERENCE LIST RE-DO
1. Source Type: book
Citation:
Buchanan, H. E., & McDonough, B. A. (2017). The one-shot library instruction survival
guide. ALA Editions.
2. Source Type: journal article
Citation:
Walker, K. W., & Pearce, M. (2014). Student engagement in one-shot library instruction: An
exploration of active-learning strategies. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 40(3/4),
281–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2014.04.004
35. CITE IT
Library resource searched: Journal Finder or library database
Source type: journal article
Citation:
Dustman, T. (2018). A call for emotional intelligence skills training curricula at Christian
colleges. Journal of Research on Christian Education, 27(2), 183–191.
https://doi-org.proxy2.noblenet.org/10.1080/10656219.2018.1499572
Bonus
Parenthetical: (Dustman, 2018, p. #)
Narrative: Dustman (2018) notes…
Notas del editor
Why are we talking about citation styles now at the beginning of your career as a LEA students?
And more specifically why do we cite at all?
Here is a very practical everyday examples of why citations are important and how they can help us. Can we all identify what this is? Right, it’s a street address. And how do we know? Well we’ve been trained over the years to recognize certain things about street addresses. But its in correct right? In order for this to actually be useful for the purposes of navigation, mailing items, etc. it has to be in the right sequence.
And doesn’t that look so much better. So our brains new what we were looking at, new it had the right components of what we need but it wasn’t useful yet. We need it in the proper order and pattern to be useful. This is what citations are. Addresses to information. Pathways to not only finding the information again but also documentation of the paths you as researchers took when you were working on your research.
But what is a citation style. I think many of us are taught in high school and maybe even college about citation as a consequence – here are the rules to obey and break them results in points off. But a citation style itself is about much more than documenting of sources, it’s a language that helps different disciplines talk to each other about their research. Most of us are used to citation styles as documentation – how we reference our sources, in text and in the reference list. But the rules of APA also tell us how we format our paper and even how we write. It’s the first two that we are going to focus our attention on today.
Now before I go further, I want to say I am not an expert on citation styles. I just happen to really really like citations. And librarians and citing often go hand in hand. It’s going to feel like a lot of information today but this is just the tip of what APA is all about. For full guidance you should really get the APA 7th edition manual.
This is one of the biggest changes to APA 7th edition. The distinction between student papers and professional papers. Take out the sample paper in your folder. We’ll be working with that throughout the rest of this workshop. Let’s compare the differences.
Take a look at the sample paper in your packet. What are the distinct parts you recognize?
Describe at the Appropriate Level of Specificity Focus on relevant characteristics. – do you need to include that characteristic? Does it matter to your argument or your research if gender is mentioned? Acknowledge relevant differences that do exist. – acknowledging there are differences, this is important in research, how does the sample population differ to the generalizations you are making? Be appropriately specific. – determine characteristics to describe and choose the appropriate level of specificity.
Be sensitive to labels – respect the language people use to describe themselves, call people what they call themselves
Acknowledge people’s humanity – choose labels with sensitivity ensuring that people’s individuality and humanity are respected. Ex. the poor v. people living in poverty.
Provide Operational Definitions and Labels – describe participants by the measures used to classify them
Avoid False Hierarchies – compare groups with care. Authors often use one group as the standard against which others are judged
Age
Disability
First person language – “a person with epilepsy”
Identity first – allows individual to claim the disability and choose their identity rather than permitting others to name it. “a blind person”
You can mix these
Gender - pronouns –use identified pronouns, alternate between he/she, or use “they.”
Participation in Research -
Racial and Ethnic Identity
Sexual Orientation
Socioeconomic Status
Intersectionality
Now let’s turn our attention to documentation of sources – or citing. Every source you site is a little different, but there are the most common elements for each type of source. Details of each of these can be found in the APA guide I created for you, but we are going to take a look at some examples as we continue to explore our sample paper.
- APA 7th edition now says that 3 or more authors you can use the abbreviation et al!
Things to note:
3 or more authors
Punctuation
And v. &
Yes!
But the follow up question - does every source you consult for your research need to be in your reference list? No.