Welcome to the Unit 4 Seminar

1. Welcome to the Unit 4 Seminar Class will start on the hour.

2. UNIT 4 SEMINAR AGENDA • Plagiarism Review • Library Search Review • Assignment Plan • APA Review • Questions/Open floor

3. PLAGIARISM • “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own • to use (another’s production) without crediting the source • to commit literary theft • to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source • In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else’s work and lying about it afterward” (Merriam Webster Online, 2008).

4. YOU PLAGIARIZE BY: • “turning in someone else’s work as your own • copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit • failing to put a quotation in quotation marks • giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation • changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit • copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not” (Plagiarism, 2008)

5. TIPS TO AVOID PLAGIARISM • Do not alter or modify the author’s words – put concepts in your own words • Use quotation marks to identify direct quotes • Use in-text citations to give credit to your sources for direct quotes and paraphrased material.

6. LIBRARY SEARCH • From the Kaplan Homepage, go to: • Library • Try Super Search • Type keywords in “Search for” field • Make sure you identify what field you want to search in (i.e. Title, Author) • Click “Search”

7. OTHER DATABASES • Go to Library • Click on Electronic Articles • The list of databases is on the right • ProQuest Criminal Justice • Lexis Nexis • PQDT Open • PsycARTICLES

8. ASSIGNMENT PLAN

9. APA REVIEW • American Psychological Association • National standard for formatting academic papers • Universal method for referencing sources • APA papers use both a Title and References Page • Quotation marks are used to identify direct quotes taken from source • In-text Citations • Used to give credit to sources when direct quotes and paraphrases used • Different from footnotes • Consists of author’s name and source publication year (paraphrase) • Ex: (White, 2009) and • source publication year, and page or paragraph number (direct quotes) • Ex: (White, 2009, p. 24) or (White, 2009, para. 2)

10. APA REVIEW (cont.) • References page • Lists complete information for each source used in the paper • Library articles will have the same basic format (see page 504 in the Hacker Handbook) • Author’s last name, first initial. (2009). The title of the article is written in sentence format. Name of periodical is written in italics, volume number (issue #), page number(s). Retrieved from name of database (document number) – example: • White, K. (2009). The issue of homelessness. The Journal of Education, 45(11), 55-67. Retrieved from ProQuest Criminal Justice database (12345678910).

11. APA REVIEW (cont.) • Author’s last name, first initial. (2009). The title of the article is written in sentence format. Name of periodical is written in italics, volume number (issue #), page number(s). doi: • White, K. (2009). The issue of homelessness. The Journal of Education, 45(11), 55-67. doi: 12345678910

12. PRACTICE • Go to the KU library • Find an article on homelessness • Give an example of a direct quote, with an in-text citation • Write a citation example that you could list on the References page

13. WRAP UP QUESTIONS????