APA Style | Reference Examples for Electronic Source Materials

Here is a link to the APA site for how to cite electronic references. Now that we are all such proficient internet researchers I thought this might come in handy. Next week in class I can teach you how to Furl this page ;-).

happy weekend
Melissa

This blog has been tranferred to Wordpress

I just wanted to reiterate the fact that this blog has been transferred over to wordpress. All new posting should be posted here.

Perceptions of Internet Credibility

College student Web use, perceptions of information credibility, and verification behavior.

To be edited.


Nadia
(Sorry! The library is closing!)

Awesome keyword analyzer tool

Hi all!
I'm not sure what happened to my post from class... it talked about how useful I thought the keyword analyzer tool was for research purposes.
But anyway, I was searching for articles on keyword analyzer tools, and did not find anything truly worth posting, but what I DID find was ANOTHER AMAZING keyword tool. It's totally different from the one we already know. For this one, all you do is type in a word... any word... and it will spit back at you TONS of different phrases that include that word. For example, if you type in "spiritual" as your keyword, it will provide lots of phrases that include that word. GREAT tool for serendipitous searching, or expanding your concept to include other fields.

So here you go, and happy searching!



Just in case that didn't turn into a link, here is the website: http://kat.blapper.com/kat/r/sger

Love,
Dakota

Bloggers: The Internet Scholars and TP

I've always enjoyed blogging. About personal issues, political issues, or just intersting tidbits I've come across. I always knew that there was a wealth of information and resources online, but professors tend to discourage it, saying that these aren't credible. Go to the library. Search the databases (if they're REALLY into modern research). But google searches don't work.

This class has proved them wrong.

Not only have I found scholarly material online through google searches, but I've found a wealth of it. The only problem that I have run into is finding "credible" sources for transpersonally oriented material. In this case, professors tend to think that there is too much material that is "New Agey." For a popular emerging field, I find it hard to believe that this new age material can't be used as scholarly sources; and because it is really developing in an web-oriented society, I'm willing to bet that a fair percentage of emerging material will not be found within the walls of libraries, but on the net.

The founders have yet to admit this.

wordpress

I've taken the liberty of switching this blog over to wordpress. I'm still working on it but will have it all set-up within the next few days. (FYI)

In the meantime, you can checkout my wordpress version of my online CV.

Purpose of Education

Here's a quote I really like about the purpose of education. The author talks about the role of education in children's development but I think his views are applicable throughout education, and throughout the lifespan. For more by this author check out http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm I believe that Gardner's work becomes ever more important as educators begin to consider the ramifications to education of technology trends in the information age (like social software).

"The single most important contribution that education
can make to a child's development is to help him
towards a field where his talents best suit him, where
he will be satisfied and competent. We've completely
lost sight of that. Instead, we subject everyone to an
education where, if you succeed, you will be best
suited to be a college professor. And we evaluate
everyone along the way according to whether they meet
that narrow standard of success. We should spend less
time ranking children and more time helping them to
identify their natural competencies and gifts, and
cultivate those. There are hundreds and hundreds of
ways to succeed, and many, many different abilities
that will help you get there."
-Howard Gardner quote in Daniel Goleman's Emotional
Intelligence, 1995, p. 37.

How to Succeed in Postgraduate Study

It would seem that I am monopolizing my presence here. Oh well. There's just so much to share! Regardless, here is an article I found that relates to life in graduate school. (Australia)

Abstract (reprinted):

" This paper attempts to raise some issues that are important for postgraduate students to be successful and to get as much out of the process as possible, and for supervisors who wish to help their students be successful. The intent is not to provide prescriptive advice -- no formulas for finishing a thesis or twelve-step programs for becoming a better supervisor are given -- but to raise awareness on both sides of the supervisor-student relationship as to what the expectations are and should be for this relationship, what a postgraduate student should expect to accomplish, common problems, and where to go if the supervisor is not forthcoming."

A Small Fish in a Big Pond

Here's another blog of interest to our stressed-out subculture otherwise known as "graduate students."

"I am beginning to wonder if anyone ever makes true friends in graduate school. Most everyone here seem super competitive - I tend to be more of a cooperative learner. I have this vague, nagging idealism that education should be a growing experience - not a series of sucker punches . . ."

MONEY Magazine's 10 Best Jobs

FYI: I found this through the academic coaching blog. It's MONEY Magazine's list of what they think are the 10 best jobs in today's market. Note that #2 is being a professor and that #10 is being a psychologist (that is, they equate being a practicing therapist as being the same as being a psychologist, a really limited definition by any standard).