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Research: Documenting Your Research Part 4

Research: Documenting Your Research Part 4. CM 2300. Web pages and documents. Lesson Topics. Documenting online publications Finding citation information for online publications Formatting citations for online publications. You will learn to….

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Research: Documenting Your Research Part 4

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  1. Research:Documenting Your ResearchPart 4 CM 2300 Web pages and documents Ian Brockie & Kevin Pittman May 2008

  2. Lesson Topics • Documenting online publications • Finding citation information for online publications • Formatting citations for online publications

  3. You will learn to… • Locate publication information in online publications for citation purposes • Format a reference/citation to an online publication

  4. Finding webpage citation information Website Title Page Title gbiv.com Uniform resource identifier (URI): Generic Syntax Author The Internet Society URL http://gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html Publication Date Retrieved Jan. 24, 2008 (2005) http://gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html

  5. Creating a Reference List entry is now possible. Website Title Page Title gbiv.com Uniform resource identifier (uri): generic syntax Author The Internet Society, URL from Web site: http://gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html Publication Date Retrieved Date Retrieved Jan. 24, 2008 (2005). http://gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html

  6. APA: Information order … Author Publication Date Page Title Retrieved Date URL Website Title No capital letters Final Result: Reference List Item … The Internet Society, (2005). Uniform resource identifier (uri): generic syntax. Retrieved January 24, 2008, from gbiv.com Web site: http://gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html punctuation No period after URL Follow APA capitalization and punctuation rules

  7. Web pages do not always give page numbers… What then? • APA rules for in-text citation • Count the number of paragraphs from the beginning of the web document to the location of reference or quotation • Use the ¶ symbol in the citation to indicate that paragraphs are counted Example: On his webpage, Miele (1993, ¶ #12) confirmed the “placebo effect” when studying the behavior of his subjects.

  8. Example Reference List Reference List D. Longo, G. Muscato, (2004) A climbing robot for risk reduction in petrochemical industrial inspection. In S.S. Buratti, (Ed.) Chemical Engineering Transactions, Vol. 5 CISAP-1, 1st Italian Convention on Safety & Environment in Process Industry (261-266). AIDIC. Guffey, M., & Almonte, R. (2007). Essentials of business communication. Toronto: Thomson Nelson. Robinson, D.N. (Ed.). (1992) Social discourse and moral judgment. San Diego, CA: Academic Press. Sunega, T. (1998). Know more english: from sentences to paragraphs. Alexandria, VA: Prentice Hall. The Internet Society, (2005). Uniform resource identifier (uri): generic syntax. Retrieved January 24, 2008, from gbiv.com Web site: http://gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html

  9. Proquest & other online tools Practice using CAN-Q Library’s ProQuest database. Includes a powerful citation tool that automatically produces correctly formatted APA citations for any document in its collection. Also take a look at these free online citation services: http://www.bibme.org/ http://www.citationmachine.net/index.php

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