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Kin 200: Library research tips: Optional extra practice

Professor Nick Galli and Sharon Hsu



Kinesiology 200 Extra credit assignment 

 
Please use your EndNoteWeb account to create a bibliography in APA6th style citing the 3 items shown below. In addition to the List of three references describe the steps you took to find the article, the book chapter, and  the book, also described what you did to transfer the bibliographic information into EndNoteWeb. Dr. Nick would like everyone  to use 12 pt. Times font.  Double space. 
 
Purpose of the assignment is to reinforce your using your EndNoteWeb account, point out various ways of looking up a known citation, and check your understanding of how to cite in APA6  style a journal article with a DOI, a book chapter in an electronic book, and a book.
 

Tips on various ways to look up an article, a book chapter, and a book

  • did you use the journal tab link  on the library homepage at http://library.csun.edu to see if the library owned the journal?  What is the name of the journal? 
  • did you use OneSearch search box?
  • Did you use the DOI to look up if the library owns the article?  Where did you search using the article's DOI? 
  • What is the article's DOI?
  •  did you use other database(s)?  If yes, please name the database.  And how you searched for the article and book chapter
Book chapter
book chapter
 
 
 
Article in Science Direct database in Journal Ethology and Sociobiolgy
 
Journal article with a DOI
 

 

Tips on various ways to look up an article, book, book chapter

  • did you use the journal tab link  on the library homepage at http://library.csun.edu to see if the library owned the journal?  What is the name of the journal? 
  • Did you use the DOI to look up if the library owns the article?  Did you use  the link Under the Articles tab on the library homepage to find the LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC ARTICLE link at  http://library.csun.edu/FindResources/ArticlebyTitle ?  What is the article's DOI?
  •  did you use other database(s)?  If yes, please name the database.  And how you searched for the article.

This brief bibliography (just cite the above  3 items) in APA 6th style.  In the body of your paper describe  how you found the journal articles, the book and the chapter in the book, and how you exported the bibliographic information into your EndNoteWeb account.  Did you use Microsoft Word with the EndnoteWeb plug in to write your assignment?