APA Workshop

Directions:

This workshop consists of a self-paced slide show, tasks for you to complete. The slides are available in Keynote and PDFs (PDFs are accessible for screen readers). These slides are plain and designed to download fast and simply provide you with information you need for this course.

After you finish this workshop and look over the course wiki, go to Canvas and take the APA workshop quiz.

Keynote: APA_Workshop_181F.key Download APA_Workshop_181F.key

PDF: APA_Workshop_181F.pdf Download APA_Workshop_181F.pdf

Library Tutorials can be found here (especially "5 Ways to find Articles and Books)

http://tutorials.sjlibrary.org/tutorial/ Links to an external site.

Check out this video on finding scholarly sources

http://libguides.sjsu.edu/content.php?pid=53543&sid=418196 Links to an external site.

This website at Purdue University has a lot of good information on APA and writing annotated bibliographies

http://owl.english.purdue.edu Links to an external site.

Also,

http://www.nova.edu/…ry/dils/lessons/apa/ Links to an external site.

SJSU Library Databases

SJSU Library Research Databases Links to an external site.

Nico's Formatting Tips for APA references

To get a hanging indent in word 2003 or newer: highlight the entire reference, right click, click paragraph, there should be two pull-down menus. Click the top one, choose "hanging."

Using Ulrich's Periodicals Directory to Check is a Source is Scholarly

Step #1 Go to the SJSU Library Articles and Databases page > http://library.calstate.edu/sanjose/ Links to an external site.

Step #2 Select "U" Databases and scroll down Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Step #3 Click on the link (sign-on if you have not already).

Step #4 Copy and paste or type in the name of the PUBLICATION not the article and hit the magnifying class search button.

Step #5 Say the title of the publication is the Journal of Communication. Make sure the title is correct, as there are often publications with similar title, for example here it is Communications instead of Communication. Click on the title link.

Step #6 On the Basic Description page check to see (1) that there is a "yes" next to Refereed and "Academic/Scholarly" next to Content Type (above).

Here is an example of a source that is not scholarly/peer reviewed/refereed. A hint on

this page that this is not a scholarly source is that under "Serial Type" it says "Magazine."

When you click on link, it takes you here.Note that there is no row labeled as Refereed and under Content Type is says "Consumer." This is not a scholarly source. You may use any sources you wish for your project but you are required to have 6 scholarly sources at a minimum.