Required:
2 books
3 magazine articles
2 scholarly articles
3 web sites
4 news articles
These sources must be properly formatted as an APA References page to receive credit for this assignment.
Books
CUNY+ Click on "Search Individual CUNY Libraries" to search the York library.
Click on "Select all CUNY Libraries" to search the entire system.
Speak to the York College librarians for interlibrary loans.
Also:
Queens Public Library and
New York Public library.
Also:
Google Books. Check "Full view books."
CUNY Library
Magazine articles
You must have three articles from popular magazines, like
Time,
Newsweek,
Business Week, the
Economist, the
New Yorker,
USNews, the
Nation, the
New Republic, etc.
These magazines all have web sites; check them for articles.
Mostly you will use the Academic Search Premier and Lexis Nexis databases for magazine articles.
Go to
Electronic Databases. (You can access these databases from home using the number above the bar code on your York id.)
Academic Search Premier
Check "Full Text"
For "Publication Type," choose "Periodical"
Enter search terms
Search
At the top of the results list, you can choose between "Academic Journals" and "Magazines." Choose "Magazines" for magazine articles.
Lexis Nexis
Select "Major U.S. and World Publications "
After search, select Magazines and Journals from list at left.
Scholarly articles
Scholarly articles are available from the
Electronic Databases--especially JStor and Project Muse.
Also try Academic Search Premier
Check "Full Text"
For "Publication Type," choose "Periodical"
Enter search terms and search.
At the top of the results list, you can choose between "Academic Journals" and "Magazines." Choose "Academic Journals" for scholarly articles.
Also:
EldisAlso: Try
Google Scholar. Although most articles are not available for free, many are.
Web sites
You must have at least three web sites.
News sites
You must have at least one relevant article from each of the following:
abcnews.com
bbc.com
cnn.com
foxnews.com
msnbc.com
New York Times (you can get this article from a database)
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Prepare an APA References list, based on the following:
APA References
book:
Jones, R. (1983).
Globalization and the poor: A survey. New York: Harpers.
article from database:
Ortega, D. (2004). International aid and development.
Economy and Society,18(4), 180-195. Retrieved from Lexis Nexis database.
The first number following the name of the periodical is the volume number; the number in parentheses is the issue number. Use these if they are available.
Note: period after retrieved statement
web site:Singh, T., & Brower, J. (2006). Debt and power.
GlobalIssues.org. Retrieved from http://www.globalissues.org/articles/debt.htm
Note: no period after retrieved statement
Note: for news site, use the home page address in the retrieved statement.
stand-alone internet document without web site:Linn, K. (2001)
Report on international development. Retrieved from http://ucla.edu/students/papers/inter/lk.htm
If there is no author, begin with title, then date, etc.
If there is no date, use: (n.d.)
For others, see
APA Manual