Assignment b apa references

Create one reference page in APA format with five academic sources that

relate to your question of interest (the ones from assignment A)

APA style applies formatting consistently to each reference type (article, book,

report, etc.): therefore, make sure that your references are consistent. Make sure

that all article, book, and journal titles are formatted the same way (e.g., book and

journal titles are italicized, article titles are not). Author names also should be

consistent dont randomly throw in the authors first name, for example.

None of the text in a reference should be in all-caps (i.e., whole words and

sentences in capitals). Even if it appears that way in the journal or book, it is not

permitted in APA format. Obviously, if the title of your article contains an acronym

or initialized term (NATO, for example) you should preserve that formatting.

Microsoft word can format your citations with a hanging indent (as required by

APA). Look under Paragraph Indents and Spacing Special.

All writing in this class must comply with APA formatting standards. Your

formatting must be 12-point Times New Roman font, lines double-spaced, 1

margins, left-justified text, etc.

Make sure links or DOI numbers point to publicly-available sources, not to a

file on your laptop or somewhere on the restricted part of the JSU web site. If your

link includes C: or lib-proxy.jsu its definitely not a public link.

Make sure you use the correct APA format for your references list:

hanging indent

correct capitalization of article titles

correct italicization of journal titles

correct form of author names (Last name followed by initials)

If you provided five peer-reviewed academic sources in assignment A you can

use all of them. If you have fewer than five peer-reviewed academic sources in

assignment A you can use the peer-reviewed academic sources but you need to

find other peer-reviewed sources to make the number up to five. Do not use any

sources I have marked as non-academic.

Part B will be worth 5% of your overall grade

APA is the official citation style of the Department of Criminal Justice & Forensic

Investigation. The source of APA style is The Publication Guide of the American

Psychological Association (currently the 7th edition). The university library has

copies, and it is very inexpensive to buy. You also can find hundreds of good, free

APA guides online.

APA provides a consistent way of citing sources and making references. It

guarantees that other people can find your cited information quickly, because items

such as the authors name, the article title, and the journal details are always in the

same place in the reference, and in the same written format.

On a more esoteric note, your use of APA shows others in the criminal justice and

social science communities that you are part of their communities, and you

understand and respect the conventions and collegiality of those communities.

your process

narrative

In your narrative for this assignment write about the process you went through to

create your reference page (minimum 300 words): for example, where you looked

for the APA citation format (APA Publication Guide, online guide, library guide,

etc.); how easy or difficult it was to use, etc., etc