QUICK LIBRARY ORIENTATION

Three Library Locations:

Library at Waterfront 6 302

Learning Commons at ATM

Atherton Library at Hawaii Loa

https://www.hpu.edu/libraries

Traditional Scholarly Publishing

Qualitative Social Work (QSW)

Research Article

Scholarly

Peer-Reviewed Article

IMRAD

Where to find research articles?

Databases

Example Search

Finding Articles

Finding More Articles

Search Break Activity

Using a topic of interest if not use topic: teens in situations of homelessness
Build an Advanced Search strategy
Search in one database we covered (PsycNET, PubMed, Psychology & Behavioral Sciences, etc.)
Follow the prompts in https://tinyurl.com/SWRKsummer22

Social Policy Resources

Websites from advocacy groups, non-profits, and non-partisan news organizations can be a good place to start. Recommended starting points:

PolicyArchive
This website collects and makes searchable documents from public policy organizations.
Congressional Research Service [CRS] Reports

The Congressional Research Service, a component of the Library of Congress, conducts research and analysis for Congress on a broad range of national policy issues.

Search Tip: CRS and topic

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APA Style 7th Edition Overview

https://hpu.libguides.com/styleguides/apa

In-text Citation

APA format, follow the author-date method of in-text citation. This means that the author's last name and publication year for the source should appear in the text, like, for example, (Smith, 1999).

If the work does not have an author, cite the source by its title in the signal phrase or use the first word or two in the parentheses. ("Mastering Zotero," 2015).

If there is no date, the abbreviation n.d. may be used eg. (Smith, n.d.)

Two ways of doing author-date citation in the text:

Note: If there is no date, the abbreviation n.d. may be used eg. (Smith, n.d.)

Parenthetical Citation

Narattive Citation

In-text Citation

Reference Citation

Your reference list should appear at the end of your paper. It provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any source you cite in the paper's body.

Start a new page for your Reference list. Centre the title, References, at the top of the page.
Double-space the list.
Start the first line of each reference at the left margin; indent each subsequent line five spaces (a hanging indent).
Put your list in alphabetical order.

All APA reference list entries contain four main components: author, date, title, and source. Those components are organized as follows:

Reference Citation

Utilize a good APA Style Guide template to replicate formatting.

https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-guide.pdf

Reference Citation

Note: If no DOI, use stable URLs that function similarly to DOIs. These are preferable to ordinary URLs copied and pasted from the browser's address bar.

Reference Citation

Note: APA 7th edition no longer requires the use of “Retrieved from” before URLs or DOIs

General copyright dates are not sufficient to use as the publication date. If no creation or publication date is given, use n.d. If the author and website are the same, omit the website.