1. APA day 2: Researching

2. Primary research
In your survey/interview, do not simply ask participants your research question
Gather other information from participants that help you answer your research question

3. Primary research How? Survey, interview, observation?
Open-ended or close-ended questions?
How many participants?
Who? Why?
Get consent
Start getting your primary research!

4. Secondary research For the literature review section
This is due by next, next class

5. Secondary research Google scholar
Don’t just search questions, especially not just your research question
Find RELATED studies, not studies that were exactly the same
Find articles written by EXPERTS

6. Credible sources? Check the author most of all Expert
Reputable, non-biased websites

7. How many sources? Find more than is required at this point
You might end up not using all of them later
Try to find 10

8. Keeping track of your secondary research
Many methods
Bottom line:
Keep track of quotes
Keep track of which source quotes are from
The more you do now, the less you have to do later

9. My method -make reference page entry right away -keep mostly quotes -do in-text citation already

11. Putting quotes on research organizer
Use quotation marks so that you don’t forget
Use as much as you think is important from each source (1 quote per source is not enough)

12. In-text citations Main differences Include year Commas
Put p. before page # (if page numbers)
According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199). 
Jones (1998) found "students often had difficulty using APA style" (p. 199); what implications does this have for teachers?
She stated, "Students often had difficulty using APA style" (Jones, 1998, p. 199), but she did not offer an explanation as to why.

13. Article from a journal Journal: academic, scholarly
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of article. Title of Journal, volume number, page range. Retrieved from

14. Page/article from website
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year of publication). Title of article. Website name. Retrieved from

15. Other things n.d.=no date
When an electronic document has numbered paragraphs, use the abbreviation “para.” followed by the paragraph number (Hall, 2001, para. 5).