LTEC 4000: How To Research, Reference & Cite Your Sources

RESEARCH

Suggestions from LTEC 4000 - Discussion Module 1.2 Where To Find T and D Articles

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/

You can search Google; however Google Scholar will have academic, peer-reviewed references that might be more applicable and based in research.

HOW TO: Google Search BETTER

http://mashable.com/2011/11/24/google-search-infographic/

This Google Search infographic offers a helpful primer for how to best structure searches using advanced operators to more quickly and accurately drill down to the information you want. This is not an exhaustive list of search operators and advanced techniques for using Google, but it's a good start to finding better content.

How to Find Good Resources

http://education.seattlepi.com/good-resources-writing-essay-1521.html

With the Internet overflowing with information and thousands of books shelved in university libraries, the research process for a paper can be daunting. However, knowing where to look when doing research and what constitutes a credible source can make it easier to sort through the results of an initial investigation. Knowing how to search for and evaluate books, articles and websites can help you locate the most relevant, reliable sources for your essay.

Finding and Evaluating Sources 

https://digitalliteracy.cornell.edu/tutorial/dpl3200.html

Strategies on finding sources of information, getting the material, and evaluating sources. Just because it is online and you found it - does not mean it is a credible or great resources.

Copyright, Fair Use & Creative Commons 

In thinking about digital curation and online literacy, I want you to consider how you share, remix, and adapt content you discover for training and development. In the course, I hope this wiki content will scaffold project development this semester; however I think it’s important to discuss copyright, fair use, and intellectual property as you might apply their training and development academic work to your own workplace. Read my blog post: https://techknowtools.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/curation-copyright-fair-use-creative-commons/

APA 6TH EDITION FORMAT & GUIDES  

APA 6^th Edition: Purdue OWL Guide

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

SAMPLE APA 6th Edition Paper PDF (or direct URL https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090212013008_560.pdf)

APA 6th Edition - FORMAT 

http://nlclibrary.libguides.com/apaword

DOWNLOAD a template of paper formatted in APA 6th Edition HERE: APAFormatTemplate.doc

TEMPLATE FOR LTEC 4000 class (Thanks, Greg!) APA6_Format_LTECcourse.docx

APA 6^th Edition: In-Text Citation Examples

http://libguides.scu.edu.au/content.php?pid=161580&sid=1594176

How to cite a source in your paper or assignment – it is not just a Reference list!

Citations & Style Guides for Writing

http://www.library.unt.edu/citations-style-guides

This page contains links to tutorials, books, and other resources that can help you understand how to cite materials and write successfully in an academic environment. Links are also provided to relevant materials within the Libraries' collections.

How to Cite Something You Found on a Website in APA Style

http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/11/how-to-cite-something-you-found-on-a-website-in-apa-style.html

So you found a great resource online? Here's how to cite it in APA 6th edition format!

More: http://library.nmu.edu/guides/userguides/style_apa.htm 

How to cite something you found online that has no author listed

http://www.apastyle.org/learn/faqs/web-page-no-author.aspx 

Example of reference and in-text citation for papers and projects.

Examples of APA 6th Edition social media citations

http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/social-media/

How to cite sources found on social media from the APA Style Blog

APA Style Blog: How to Cite Social Media in APA Style (Twitter, Facebook, and Google+)

http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2013/10/how-to-cite-social-media-in-apa-style.html 

Citing Business Resources in APA

http://libguides.csuchico.edu/citingbusiness

APA in-text citations https://www.libraries.psu.edu/psul/researchguides/citationstyles/APA_intext_citation.html 

APA In-Text Citation Examples

https://www.libraries.psu.edu/content/psul/researchguides/citationstyles/APA_intext_citation.html#examples

UNT WRITING AND CITATION RESOURCES 

UNT Library Website

http://www.library.unt.edu/

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UNT Writing Lab

http://writinglab.unt.edu/

The UNT Writing Lab offers free tutoring to all UNT students in all disciplines and at all stages of their academic careers--from English composition students to graduate students writing theses and dissertations. They do more than proofread; they teach strategies and techniques to improve your writing for the long term.