Unit 4 Seminar
Power Point Presentation
Welcome
In this week's seminar, we will discuss the nature of criminal justice
research, and using the KU library and its resources.
This week, we will focus on one of the most important skills you will
need as a professional – Research.
SLIDE - Contacting Me
• Email – kchandler@kaplan.edu
• AIM Instant Messenger - kchandler44
• Office Hours – Seminar days one hour
prior to seminar.
What will you learn in this unit?
• How to use the KU
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Library
How to perform
Online Research
About the Interview
Proposal
What do you have to do in this Unit?
• Read the KU Plagiarism Policy
• Explore the KU Library through
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several search exercises
Attend the weekly Seminar (20
points)
Participate in the Discussion Board
(30 points)
Take the Unit 4 Quiz (25 points)
What is the APA Model?
APA (American Psychological Association) is most
commonly used to cite sources within the social
sciences. This resource, revised according to the 5th
edition of the APA manual, offers examples for the
general format of APA research papers, in-text citations,
endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
Important APA Information
Most assignments ask you to form a thesis, or main idea,
and to support that thesis with well-organized evidence.
In a paper reviewing the literature on a topic, this thesis
analyzes the often competing conclusions drawn by a
variety of researchers.
Domain Names and Cites
• Domain Names such as
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/daube
rt/fl.htm are NOT Cites:
• You can’t “reference” them when doing
research.
A Proper Cite
• You need the author’s name and initials
• You need the year of publication
• You need the name of the article
• You need the date you retrieved it
• And – you need the domain name
Here’s how it would look
• Chandler, K.I., (2011) Community
Policing: Does it work or not? Retrieved 05
09, 2009, from
http://www.kchandler.com.
In-Text Citation
• According to Chandler (2011), community
policing does work (p.5).
General APA Guidelines
You can go to this site and it will really help you, but in
essence, here are the guidelines. You can go to archives
for this seminar and copy and paste them for your own
information:
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/).
Major Sections of Essays
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Title Page
Abstract
Main Body, and
References.
Title Page
Your title page should already include the page header.
On the first line of the title page flush-left, add a
running head. Begin the running head with the words
“Running Head” followed by a colon. Then give an
abbreviated title of your paper in 50 characters or less in
all caps. Note: Remember that the page header will
appear on every page of your paper, whereas the
running head will only appear on your title page.
Abstract
• An abstract is an accurate representation of the contents of a document in
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an abbreviated form.
An abstract can be the most difficult part of the research report to write.
You should usually write the abstract last.
• Begin a new page. Your abstract page should already include the page
header (described above). On the first line of the abstract page, center the
word “Abstract” (otherwise unformatted, no bold, italics, underlining, or
quotation marks).
• Begin a new page. Your abstract page should already include the page
header (described above). On the first line of the abstract page, center the
word “Abstract” (otherwise unformatted, no bold, italics, underlining, or
quotation marks).
What is a Thesis Statement?
A thesis, which usually appears at the end of the
introduction, is a one-sentence (or occasionally a twosentence) statement of your central idea.
Examples of Thesis Statement
In spite of the belief of many, community Policing does
not reduce crime.
Answer on Lost Evidence Statement
Lost evidence by Crime Scene Investigators results in too
many guilty people not being convicted.
Citing Sources According to APA
Credible academic sources are used by the author to
support his or her point of view on a topic.
Background Information
• You can use facts and statistics to support
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generalizations or to establish the importance of your
topic.
make sure to back up your assertions with facts,
examples, and other evidence from your research.
Expert opinion can give weight to your argument.
Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
Your research paper is a collaboration between you and
your sources. To be fair and ethical, you must
acknowledge your debt to the writers of those sources.
If you don’t, you commit plagiarism, a serious academic
offense.
Three different acts are considered
plagiarism
1. Failing to cite quotations and borrowed ideas,
2. Failing to enclose borrowed language in quotation
marks, and
3.
Failing to put summaries and paraphrases in your own
words.
Original Source Narrative
Is it or isn’t it plagiarism and how can you tell the
difference?
• In an effort to seek the causes of this disturbing trend,
experts have pointed to a range of important potential
contributors to the rise in childhood obesity that are
unrelated to media.
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, “The Role of Media in
Childhood Obesity” (2004), p. 1
Is this plagiarism?
• According to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
(2004), experts have indicated a range of significant
potential contributors to the rise in childhood obesity
that are not linked to media (p. 1).
Acceptable paraphrase of same passage
• A report by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
(2004) described sources other than media for the
childhood obesity crisis.
Summary of Seminar
• We learned what APA is.
• We learned how to use
research to build a paper.
• We learned how to properly
recognize and cite sources.
• We learned what plagiarism is
and how to avoid it.
No Unit 5 Seminar
• There will be no Unit 5 Seminar