8th Grade Health Project

Disease Report

Essential Skill: Gather information about why and how to cite sources.

Suggested Sources

Print Sources:

Encyclopedias

Books

Magazines

Online Sources: Internet

Use reputable sites, such as

www.kidshealth.org

www.cancer.gov

www.mayoclinic.org

www.nih.gov

www.cdc.gov

Complete the Web Source Evaluation Form to find reputable sources.

Web Source Evaluation

For what do we evaluate internet sources?

Date of information (current)

Authority (credentials)

Objectivity (unbiased)

Coverage (thorough)

Accuracy (true)

Form (source should score 8/10)

Why to cite your sources

Practice legal and ethical behavior when using technology. (Essential Skill DM-5)

AVOID Plagiarism

Plagiarism is using someone else’s intellectual property (ideas, words, images, etc.) without giving credit to the source.

Build trust between you and the reader of your work

To make your arguments more trustworthy

To show you've spent the time thinking about the information about your topic

To show the references that led to the creation of your paper

To allow the reader to find the sources for themselves

Bibliography: Citing Sources APA Style

American Psychological Association

Commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences.

Information to Gather—list can be found in your assignment packet

NoodleTools

Choose citation style for your project. (APA format for Health Project)Select your citation type from the drop down arrow where it says Cite a:

Click Create Citation.

Fill out the information for your source as completely as you can. Ask for help if needed.

Click Submit.

Copy and paste your citation into your Word document.

Format your Word document correctly for APA Reference page. There is a sample on the Library webpage and in your packet.

Save your Reference page document to your documents!

Practice: Mayo Clinic Diseases and Conditions

Sample Citations for Various Sources

Reference List: Author/Authors

How to handle sources by one or more authors

Reference List: Articles in Periodicals

journals, magazines, newspapers

Reference List: Books

Reference List: Other Print Sources

encyclopedia

Reference List: Electronic Sources

Online article, database, electronic book, kindle book, online encyclopedia

Formatting your bibliography

Bibliography: Basic Formatting Rules

Label the page “Bibliography” (do not bold, italicize or underline the title) Center the title

Sources should be listed in alphabetical order by author’s last name If there is no author, the title of the article comes first.

Ask for help if you have more than one work by the same author.

Do NOT number, bullet, or letter the source list!

Double space everything on the page. There should be no extra spaces between sources.

Italicize the title of the source if it is a book, journal/magazine, or database.

Hanging Indent – indent the second line of the citation (tab every line after the first) Think of this as the opposite of paragraph indents.

Note that if you edit or change the format (like font size), the line may end in a different spot than before and you may have to reformat the hanging indent.

Sample Reference Page

 

Bibliography

Calfee, R. C., & Valencia, R. R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal

publication.

Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Johnson, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In The New Encyclopedia Britannica. (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508).

Chicago, IL: Encyclopedia Britannica.

Smith, M., Curtis, B., Smyth, A. M., & Pease, D. L. (2002). A study of enjoyment of

peas. Journal of

Abnormal Eating, 8(3), 120-125. Retrieved

from http://www.articlehomepage.com/full/url/

Reminders-Bibliography(no special formatting) -Alphabetical order-Double spaced-Hanging indent