If you are very new to college-level research, consider learning more with this OER (Open Education Research) textbook, Introduction to College Research, by Butler, Sargent, and Smith.
CINAHL Complete Tutorial- Finding Evidence-Based Practice Articles in CINAHL
CINAHL/MeSH Tutorial- Using MeSH in EBSOhost
MEDLINE (EBSCOhost) Tutorial- Advanced Medical Searching
PubMed Tutorial- Find Articles on a Topic
PubMed Advanced Search Tutorial- Using the Advanced Search Builder
Nurse 102 will help you master the essential skills of nursing research; however, you will need to already know how to use the library website, and have some basic library research skills.
If you haven't yet mastered these skills, consider completing all three levels of OC Libraries' Library Research Tutorials.
We also offer video tutorials for using specific databases and tools.
The best resource to ensure you are forming APA style citations correctly is the American Psychological Association itself. Their books and their website are your best authority to know how to cite correctly. The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is available at the OC Libraries and the APA Style website is openly available.
Citation generators can be a useful tool. Library databases often provide citations, as does PubMed. Zbib from Zotero is a remarkably accurate ad-free and open source citation generator. Regardless of which citation generator you use as a first step, you will always need to carefully inspect each citation and fix any errors. Check:
Get to know APA citation guidelines well enough that you can find and correct the errors in machine generated citations.
Here are some helpful resources:
Sample Papers- APA Style Guidance
APA 7th Edition Handouts and Guides
Look at the machine-generated APA 7th Edition citations below. Ignore the lack of hanging indentation, each one should have that, but...
Only one of these is correct. Can you spot the errors?
Jefferies, D., McNally, S., Roberts, K., Wallace, A., Stunden, A., D’Souza, S., & Glew, P. (2018). The importance of academic literacy for undergraduate nursing students and its relationship to future professional clinical practice: A systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 60, 84–91. https://ezproxy.olympic.edu:2118/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.09.020
Jefferies, D., McNally, S., Roberts, K., Wallace, A., Stunden, A., D’Souza, S., & Glew, P. (2018). The importance of academic literacy for undergraduate nursing students and its relationship to future professional clinical practice: A systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 60, 84–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.09.020
Jefferies, D., McNally, S., Roberts, K., Wallace, A., Stunden, A., D'Souza, S., & Glew, P. (2018). The importance of academic literacy for undergraduate nursing students and its relationship to future professional clinical practice: A systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 60, 84-91.
Jefferies, D., McNally, S., Roberts, K., Wallace, A., Stunden, A., D'Souza, S., & Glew, P. (2018). The importance of academic literacy for undergraduate nursing students and its relationship to future professional clinical practice: A systematic review. Nurse education today, 60, 84–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.09.020
There are almost always errors, not to mention you need to double-space each line and ensure the font size, style, and color match your page.
Take the citation corresponding to the number you were assigned in class and correct it.
APA Style Reference Formatting Activity
We will review as a group and then compare our success to the correct versions on the
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