BCOM Test 1 Research and APA Style

MLA in-text citation

Author last name and pg # (Doe, 27)

APA in-text citation

Author last name, year (Doe, 2020) Include pg # if direct quote (doe, 2020, p.27)

How do you cite in a speech?

Author(s), Year of publication, page number (if available),

How do you evaluate a source?

C - currency R - relevance A - authority A - accuracy P - purpose

APA Reference Page

Last name, first initial (Doe, J.)

MLA work cited page

Last name, first name (Doe, John)

What are the major differences between an APA reference page entry and other styles? Can you identify one?

MLA uses the author-page number style for in-text citations, while APA uses the author-date citation style. Chicago offers two citation styles: notes-bibliography and author-date.

Popular sources?

Popular - Articles offer overview of subject matter; reportage, rather than original research; sometimes contain feature articles and reports on current social issues and public opinion Written by professional journalists the general public is the primary audience the authors cite their sources maybe in passing, but your usually won't find formal references there are always ads current events are covered

What's primary research?

Primary sources can be described as those sources that are closest to the origin of the information Texts of laws and other original documents. Newspaper reports, by reporters who witnessed an event or who quote people who did. Speeches, diaries, letters and interviews - what the people involved said or wrote. Original research. Datasets, survey data, such as census or economic statistics. Photographs, video, or audio that capture an event.

Scholarly sources?

Scholarly - Articles often contain previously unpublished research and detail new developments in field Written by researchers or scholars in a field other researchers and scholars are the primary audience the authors always cite their sources, you should look for a reference list or footnotes/endnotes there are rarely ads no current events are no covered the peer review process is long

what's secondary research?

Secondary sources often use generalizations, analysis, interpretation, and synthesis of primary sources Examples of secondary sources include textbooks, articles, and reference books