COM 302: Issues in IPC (Relational Communication) (Farrell): Welcome

• APA 7th Overview Handout

  Handout covering the basics of APA style - 7th Edition.

• APA Overview

  PPT (updated for 7th Edition), including potentially tricky examples such as book chapters and secondary citations.

• APA 7th Edition Quick Reference Guide

  From APA, color-coded explanation of journal, book, and book chapter references (pdf).

• APA 6th/7th Comparison Chart

  Side by side comparison of the two editions, created by a librarian at East Carolina University.

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - APA Style Guide

  This is a dependable site for APA questions. Look for their Sample Paper, too.

Other Resources:

• APA Style and Grammar Guidelines

  From APA: Detailed instructions and examples from the 7th edition

• Tutorial: Basics of Seventh Edition APA Style

  from APA

• Free DOI Lookup Tool

  Provides a DOI for an article citation when one is available.

• Is it Plagiarism Yet? (Purdue OWL)

  Explains when to give credit to another person for their intellectual work (and how to do it correctly). Look for the "Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing" section on the left for examples of each.

After fully immersing yourself in your research and updating your bibliography, you should create an outline of your paper. This should lay out your argument in a logical way and form the backbone of your paper. You will submit your outline, which is basically a well developed plan for your paper, with an updated and complete annotated bibliography, for feedback and points. You may choose how exactly to organize your outline, but a basic structure suggestion is as follows:

1. Introduction

1. Attention getter
2. Thesis statement

II. Background information of the problem

1. Topic
2. Topic
3. Topic

III. Synthesis of the resarch

1. Topic
2. Topic
3. Topic

IV. Proposed solution

1. Topic
2. Topic
3. Topic

V. Conclusion

If you need more outlining tips and help, check out this resouIIrce: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/the_writing_process/developing_an_outline/how_to_outline.html (Links to an external site.) 

Use an appropriate system of numbers, letters, or Roman numerals, and indenting. Do not use bullet points. Think about the relationships between ideas. You should expand each section of your outline, and include several sentences of explanation for each section. Your biggest sections will obviously make up the body of your paper. Write out a plan for your intro and conclusion, but do not worry about the specifics of those sections at this stage of the writing process. Use grammatically correct and error-free full sentences. Include notes about what sources you will include where, (cite all of your sources in the outline using correct APA in-text citations) and what your basic arguments will be. Do not turn in a skeleton outline- think of this as a detailed plan for your rough draft.

The outline should be formatted as usual:

• Times New Roman 12 point font, 1" margins with a title.
• Double-spaced and at be least 2 pages in length, but likely longer. The more you develop your outline, the longer it will be. Keep in mind you are planning a 7-9 page paper.

Include your updated and complete annotated bibliography. Remember the requirements for it are as follows:

• Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1" margins with a title.
• You should have a minimum of 6 total sources. More is recommended.
• You may cite your textbook, or any other sources provided by your instructor, but note that they do NOT count towards the minimum requirements- they are extra.
• At least 2 of your required 6 sources must be scholarly articles from Interpersonal Communication academic journals, such as, but not limited to: Human Communication Research, Personal Relationships, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Journal of Family Communication, Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
• At least one of your sources must be a podcast featuring a credible speaker/expert or TED talk (TEDx is acceptable).
• Annotations must be original, and complete. They should offer a brief summary of the source and an application of at least two elements of the CRAAP test.

• How to Deliver a TED Talk
• How to Create Your TED Talk: An 8-Step Process
• 5 Quick Steps to a Killer TED Speech

What is RefWorks?

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic software package that enables you to:

• Organize your research
• Create a bibliography in a variety of citation styles, including APA, MLA and Chicago
• Import references from many data sources
• Create bibliographies in different document formats (Word, RTF, HTML, etc.)
• Include citations while you write your paper (using Write-n-Cite plugin)
• Access your personal account from any computer connected to the internet

RefWorks Instructions

• Proquest RefWorks guide
• New RefWorks tutorials (YouTube)
• New RefWorks FAQ
• RefWorks Citation Manager (For use with Office 2016)
• Write N Cite for Windows
• Using Write N Cite with Microsoft Word

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