APA Citations & Opposing Viewpoints Database

APA Citations & Opposing Viewpoints Database

What is Plagiarism?

• to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as your own

• to use someone else's work without crediting the source

• to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

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What about images, music, and videos?

All information (no matter the form) must be cited if it is not your original work.

Why do we need citations?

1) Citations help others find and use your source.

2) Citations give credit to the author or creator of the source.

Poll

What is your experience with creating citations?

• I have used NoodleTools before.

• I have used another citation creator like EasyBib or Citation Machine.

• I have never created a citation.

Logging in to NoodleTools

• Open a new Chrome tab

• Click on the Google apps "waffle" icon

• Scroll down and click the NoodleTools icon

Log in with Google

• Always use your Richland 2 Google account

• Setup your account by choosing your location - Blythewood High School

• Verify that you are creating a student account.

• Click Create Account.

Create a New Project

• Click the green New Project button on the top left side of the screen.

• Give your project a title using your teacher's name, course name and description of assignment.

• Example: Hardy Biology 2 Research

• Choose the citation style - APA for this project

• Choose the citation level - Junior for this project

• Click submit.

The Dashboard Tab

• Type in your research question.

• Under the Sharing and Collaboration section, click the blue icon that says "Share with a project inbox"

• Type your teacher's name

• Choose the appropriate class

• Click Done

• If you are working in a group, only one group member needs to create the project. Share it with other students by entering their emails under Student Collaboration.

Poll

So far so good?

• Yes

• I need help

• I need a minute to catch up

Adding Sources

• Click the Sources icon in the middle at the top of the screen.

• Click the green New Source icon to start a new citation.

Choose the type of source that you are citing

• Clicking the tabs of the different source types will give you more specific choices.

• For example, choose Website, then choose Web Page if you're citing a website that you found using Google's search engine.

Add the information requested

• Enter that you can for your source like the URL, the author, the title, etc.

• If you cannot find some information, that is ok. Enter as much as you can.

Finding the needed information for a website.

Poll

How do you feel about what we have covered?

• I've got this!

• I'm ok.

• I'm lost!

Using Opposing Viewpoints Database

• Go to our library website

• Click the Research tab

• Note the username/password document just in case you need it

• Click the DISCUS icon/link

Opening Opposing Viewpoints Database

• Click A-Z list

• Scroll down until you see Gale in Context: Opposing Viewpoints

• Click the title to see a description of the database

• Click the icon to open the database

Browse or Search

• Browse Issues listed by scrolling down

• Enter the keywords from your research question

• Results are categorized by type - viewpoints, news, magazines, images, audio, etc.

• Scroll through your results and click an item to open it

Navigating an Article

• Listen to the article as you read

• Send the citation to Noodletools

• Save the article to Google Drive

• Get a permanent link back to the article

Send the citation to NoodleTools

• Choose the style you want (MLA, APA, Chicago)

• Click Export To NoodleTools

• Choose your project name from NoodleTools

• Click Import References

Your turn to practice

• Your research question - Is anxiety in children increased due to the circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic?

• Determine your key words and search for a source

• Put one fact that you discover in the google doc Ms. Hardy has shared with you

• Include the URL

• Create a citation if using Google search or import it from Opposing Viewpoints

Open Ended

Questions or Comments?