Social Work 6050

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:

       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  

           site:.org

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.

 

  1. Start a new page for your Reference list. Centre the title, References, at the top of the page.
  2. Double-space the list.
  3. Start the first line of each reference at the left margin; indent each subsequent line five spaces (a hanging indent).
  4. 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.

Website Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of page. Website. http://xxxxx

Author no date

Corporate author

Plan, keep track, revise, organize...

Organizing Your Sources

Zotero can be used beyond storing citation information and generating references. It can help you with:

  • Group projects by sharing references through Group Libraries
  • Arrange your collection and connect similar sources using Tags
  • Organize your thoughts by using Notes

Example Zotero Library

Research Help

etorres@hpu.edu

http://hpu.libguides.com/socialwork