Week 6. Author Intent, Reliability and Credibility

Module Objectives:

In Class Lecture:

Proper Academic Writing

Author Intent, Reliability and Credibility

Overview

Databases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46P8ZMzGzvU

Search Engines

Purdue OWL: APA Formatting

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

Purdue OWL APA Formatting – The Basics

• https://youtu.be/pdAfIqRt60c?list=PL8F43A67F38DE3D5D

Purdue OWL – APA Formatting: Reference List Basics

• https://youtu.be/HpAOi8-WUY4?list=PL8F43A67F38DE3D5D

How to Cite Social Media in APA Style (Twitter, Facebook, and Google+)

• http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2013/10/how-to-cite-social-media-in-apa-style.html

Plagiarism Tutorial

• http://www2.lib.unc.edu/instruct/plagiarism/index.html

Citation

• http://www.slideshare.net/mpostphd/apa-6th-edition-the-basic-mechanics

Sample APA 6th Edition Papers

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090212013008_560.pdf

Required Reading

Chapter 5: Fallacies and Persuaders

MSU Denver Writing Center

• http://www.msudenver.edu/writectr/studentresources/

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

• https://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Google and Google Scholar

• http://library.royalroads.ca/infoquest-tutorials/internet-searching/google-vs-google-scholar-which-one-do-i-use

Wikipedia

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction
• Wikipedia: Beneath the Surface – http://library.auraria.edu/tutorials/wikipedia-beneath-surface

Yahoo Answers

• https://answers.yahoo.com/info/product_tour
• http://www.ask.com/technology/yahoo-answers-d29223db7b62522a

Auraria Library – Cite It!

• http://library.auraria.edu/tools/citation-builder

4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence

• http://www.theonion.com/article/4-copy-editors-killed-in-ongoing-ap-style-chicago–30806

Technology Tool(s)

Twitter

Keywords

• ad hominem
• appeal to emotion
• appeal to ignorance
• appeal to popularity (or to the masses)
• appeal to tradition
• begging the question
• burden of proof
• composition
• division
• equivocation
• fallacy
• false dilemma
• faulty analogy
• genetic fallacy
• hasty generalization
• red herring
• slippery slope
• straw man
• tu quoque

Chapter 5 Flashcards

Citations