PROF. BRANDY HORNE, MLISINSTRUCTION/REFERENCE

LIBRARIAN

SOCY 101

THE REFERENCE DESK

OBJECTIVES

•Learn how to identify a research article

•Use Academic Search Premier to find a research article

•Cite it in APA

THE ASSIGNMENT

•What is the assignment?

•What kind of information do you need?

•How much information do you need?

•How recent does your information need to be?

•When is it due?

IDENTIFYING A RESEARCH

ARTICLE

“The central characteristic of a research article is that the author(s) collected and/or analyzed data that involved direct contact with subjects (through survey, national survey data, census, crime reports, etc.).”

–Dr. Johnson

CHARACTERISTICS OF A RESEARCH ARTICLE

Peer-reviewedSections: Methodology, Results, Discussion, etc…

References/BibliographyWill contain a Literature Review, but will NOT BE a Lit Review

Long: 8-35 pagesOften contains charts/graphs

Pop Quiz!

HTTP://RESEARCHGUIDES.USCA.EDU/FINDARESEARCHARTICLE_SOCY101

Follow this URL

CITING AN ARTICLE IN APA

WITHOUT DOIAuthor, F. (Year). Article title using upper and lower case: Cap first word after colon. Journal Title in Italics, #(#), ##-##. Retrieved from journal’s homepage URL

Ulbig, S. G., & Funk, C. L. (1999). Conflict

avoidance and

political participation. Political Behavior, 21,

265-

282. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/

journal/11109

Volume Issue Page Range

ARTICLE WITH DOIAuthor, F. (Year). Article title using upper and lower case: Cap first word after colon. Journal Title in Italics, #(#), ##-##. doi: ##.###

Taber, N., & Woloshyn, V. (2011). Dumb dorky girls

and wimpy boys: Gendered themes in diary

cartoon novels. Children’s Literature in

Education, 42, 226-242. doi: 10.1007/s10583-011-

9131-6

Volume Issue Page Range

PAGINATION

Continuous, By Volume•Vol. 1, Issue 1: 1-75

•Vol. 1, Issue 2: 76-140

•Vol. 1, Issue 3: 141-215

•Vol. 1, Issue 4: 216-300

Vol, ##-##.

Do not include issue #

By Issue

•Vol. 1, Issue 1: 1-75

•Vol. 1, Issue 2: 1-70

•Vol. 1, Issue 3: 1-80

•Vol. 1, Issue 4: 1-85

Vol(Iss), ##-##.

Must include issue #

AUTHORS

•One Author

Last, F.

•Two Authors

Last, F., & Last, F.

•Three to seven authors

Last, F., Last, F., Last, F., Last, F., & Last, F.

AUTHORS•More than seven authors

Last, F., Last, F., Last, F., Last, F., Last, F., Last, F., … Last, F.

***First 6 authors, … last author***

BRANDY HORNE, MLIS

BRANDYH@USCA.EDU

Questions?