Week 6 Flashcards
APA
1
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Why use APA
A
- demonstrated relationally
- readers can easily cross-reference sources
- consistent and professional writing format
- when used correctly it protects you from chars of plagiarism
a collaboration between you and your sources
2
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APA style - 3 main concerns
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1) format of paper (how it’s laid out)
2) parenthetical citations (in-text citations)
3) reference list (new page at end of paper - includes ALL references you used in your paper)
3
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When should you use parenthetical/ int-text citations
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- whenever you directly quote someone else’s words
- when you are summarizing facts and ideas from another source
- whenever you paraphrase info from another source (use the ideas but change the words)
4
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paraphrasing
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- in-text citations for material that is parphrased (not quoted) does not include the page number.
5
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In-text quotations (under 40 words)
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- the author’s last name, publication year and page number (s) of quote must appear in your text
6
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In-Text Quotations (40 or more words, Mnual, p.272)
A
- remove quotation marks and display in a freestanding double spaced block
- indent the entire block 1/2” or 1.3 cm
- end the block w/ a period and then include the parentheticl citation
7
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In-text quotations (multiple authors & group authors)
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- first and subsequent citation (3 or more authors): (Rush et al., 2022, p.347)
8
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PICO
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P: Patient/ Population/ Problem
I: Intervention
C: Comparison (not mandatory)
O: Outcome
e.g. In infants (problem), does using disposable diapers (intervention) vs clothdipers (comparison) affect diaper rash (outcome)
9
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Basic serch techniques
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- Or: synonyms or similar concepts
- wildcards/ truncation: , #, ?
e.g. child (both childhood and children)/ wom#n (both woman and women)/ colo?r (both colour and color)
10
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CINAHL page
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- organize keywords using boolean operators
e.g. AND, OR, NOT, ()- separator
