Use this page to find research resources to locate and evaluate articles.
Contact the Library if you need any help!
Contact the Library if you need any help!
What is the difference between a scholarly and popular article?
And what about fake news, and how do we know if it is fake?
Look at this site: Associated Press Not Real News
Take a look at the stories for this week. Did you see any of these on social media? Did you think any of them were real?
Here are three examples. Which is scholarly and which is popular? What clues do you have? Which one is fake or has non-credible information. How do you know?
http://ndcproxy.mnpals.net/login?url=https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2018-65356-005.html
http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2018/01/03/4-health-fads-to-start-in-2018/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/01/02/trying-lose-weight-here-what-latest-dieting-studies-say/w0zwPPn9jGKEBkkUpUeyPP/story.html
And what about fake news, and how do we know if it is fake?
Look at this site: Associated Press Not Real News
Take a look at the stories for this week. Did you see any of these on social media? Did you think any of them were real?
Here are three examples. Which is scholarly and which is popular? What clues do you have? Which one is fake or has non-credible information. How do you know?
http://ndcproxy.mnpals.net/login?url=https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2018-65356-005.html
http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2018/01/03/4-health-fads-to-start-in-2018/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2019/01/02/trying-lose-weight-here-what-latest-dieting-studies-say/w0zwPPn9jGKEBkkUpUeyPP/story.html
PsycARTICLES 
Provides "full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of advertisements and editorial board lists."
Use a reference database to help you understand the professional jargon in a scholarly article.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference contains general and subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, bibliographies, chronologies, handbooks, atlases, and more.
Provides "full-text articles from journals published by the American Psychological Association, the APA Educational Publishing Foundation, the Canadian Psychological Association, and Hogrefe & Huber. The database includes all material from the print journals with the exception of advertisements and editorial board lists." Use a reference database to help you understand the professional jargon in a scholarly article.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference contains general and subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, bibliographies, chronologies, handbooks, atlases, and more.
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Evaluate each source you use with CAPPS!
Consider the source's –
Consider the source's –
C = Currency
A = Author
P = Publication
P = Point of View
S = Sources
More info about CAPPS A = Author
P = Publication
P = Point of View
S = Sources
Normandale's APA Quick Guide
A guide to APA citation format based on the 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual.
A guide to APA citation format based on the 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual.