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Social Policy Assignments

APA STYLEWritten assignments format…

On Library homepage…

Guides to help you with your assignments

Documenting your sources

APA style

(American Psychological Association rules*)

*as interpreted by Centennial College Libraries

Your work (essay, letter, report, pamphlet, etc.) normally includes 3 types of material…

1. Your ideas

2. Your summaries of others’ ideas and facts

3. Quotations from your sources

(MLA Handbook, 2009)

Your use of others’ ideas and words…

“Researchers do not claim the words and ideas of another as their own; they give credit where credit is due.”

Source: APA Ethics Code Standard 8.11, Plagiarism. (2010). In Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: APA, p.15).

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“So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” - Jack Layton (2011)

Why give credit to others whose work you use?

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Why acknowledge your sources?

1. You demonstrate that you, the writer, are a genuine researcher who has done the considerable work of investigating authorities on your topic.

2. You acknowledge your indebtedness to others.

3. You add weight to your statements & arguments by citing authorities that support you views.

4. You enable your readers to pursue the topic further, &/or evaluate your use of others’ work.

- Canadian Writers Handbook. 4th ed., p. 77

PLAGIARISMWhen you don’t acknowledge your sources…

Sample title page in APA style

Sample page 2 in APA style

Sample References list (last page(s) of essay) in APA style

2 examples of in-text citations in APA style

Example of quotation fewer than 40 words

(See rule in APA Manual, p. 171)

Interpreting these results, Roberts (2003) suggested that “the

information gathered in this study cannot predict an outcome with

certainty” (p. 540), thus lending real doubt regarding the future.

Example of quotation 40 or more words(See rule in APA Manual, p. 171)

(Rule is to use double spacing: single spacing is used here for presentation purposes only.)

Others have contradicted this view:

Co-presence does not ensure intimate interaction among all group members. Consider large –scale social gatherings in which hundreds or thousands of people gather in a location to perform a ritual or celebrate an event.

In these instance, participants are able to see the visible manifestation of the group, the physical gathering, yet their ability to make direct, intimate connections with those around them is limited by the sheer magnitude of the assembly. (Purcell, 1997, pp. 111-112)

“References …listed alphabetically at the end of your paper.

Each reference you cite in-text must appear in the References list, and each entry in the References list must be cited in-text. (APA Manual, p. 174)

APA Guide on Library website

Most library databases provide APA help…Print, email, cite, or save

Email option here:

Cite option here:View citation formats e.g. APA

(sometimes not perfect – but close!)

[Microsoft Word 2010 doc]“References” tab provides help with APA style – references and in-text citations

Assignments #1 & #2

Select a marginalized or vulnerable group & identify a social policy issue related to it. Find literature on this topic. (#1)

Find a newspaper article that discusses a current social policy issue that reflects an aspect of the social welfare system. Find additional literature on this topic. (#2)

Where to get ideas for vulnerable groups & related social issues?

Textbook Newspapers – use Library e-Resources &/or

Internet news sites Other news sources: e.g. TV news, CBC website,

etc. Internet - e.g. 211 Toronto website, government

websites, Canadian Encyclopedia Online, etc. Talk to people Draw from your own observations & experiences,

concerns

Examples of vulnerable groups?

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Examples of vulnerable groups (from the textbook)

Unemployed Aboriginal people Immigrants The poor People with illnesses Disabled people The elderly Women

What social policy issues might there be associated with each of these groups?

Example:The search in Canadian Reference Centre database – one of several e-Resources licensed by the Library.

Where to find articles by searching directly in the Libraries’ databases?

DIRECT DATABASE ARTICLE SEARCHING:

Libraries offer about 100 licensed databases containing journal & newspaper articles, eBooks, eEncyclopedias, etc..

Become familiar with the 4 choices on this page!

Example:

Select “E-Resources by Subject & Type…

E-Resources by Type

E-Resources by Subject..

E-Resources by Subject:

Choose a broad subject area for databases likely to have articles & reports on your topic…

Choose one database at a time from the list……

Sample search:Canadian Reference Centre database

Direct database searching allows you many choices for limiting/refining your searches: field limits, publication type, date, peer review, full text, etc.

Field Limits:A Detailed Record showing how info is entered in FIELDSe.g. Title – Subject Terms – Abstract

Using Field limits & Full text & Peer reviewed limits… 5 titles

“Add to folder” articles you want to use…

Go to “Folder” at top of screen when you have collected all you want…

Confirm selection & print, email or save…

E-mail option:Send to yourself & group members – with APA citation

Where to find publications by searching the library’s “Search Everything” Google-like search engine?

5,856 records found…

Get more records by doing a more complex search. Use “Help” screen if needed.

Adding more terms to your search….8,610 records found…

“Refine your search” to reduce the number of records & to get more relevancy…Subject term limits here used: results list is reduced to 132 records

Read abstracts to help you decide if you want a publication

(Hover over the title and abstract pops up)

Sometimes when you click on a title you get a page like this…

Click on “Article”…

View, email, download or print options available…

Newspaper articles?Assignment #2

Use the “Search Everything” machine for newspaper articles

(Probably the easiest route to current and back issues in the Libraries’ e-Resources)

Search results – with limit to newspaper articles only …

Use the Library Guides:

• Social Policy in Canada research

Canadian Encyclopedia Online

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Canada. Justice Dept. Family Violence Initiative website

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Ontario. E-laws website

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211 Toronto website..

Statistics Canada website

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ESTAT – a database in the Library from Statistics Canada…popular data & some free material that is normallyoffered for sale ($) to the public