STEP 6: Review the Subject Terms or Descriptors for the article you selected. Add useful search terms to your Literature Review Matrix document, Continue to do this as you scan search results and other related articles.
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Tip: Add terms that describe research studies:
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See below for examples of citations for some of the resources featured in the LibGuide.
Always visit the complete UWW APA 7th Edition style guide for more examples.
After the report title, include any report number if available and the Source, which can be thought of like the Publisher of a book.
Parenthetical Citation: Research based on five studies provides strong evidence that Pre-K Mathematics improved student mathematics achievement (Institute of Education Sciences [IES], 2023).
State the complete name of the agency the first time followed by the abbreviation in brackets. Any following mentions of the same resource may simply use the abbreviation (IES, 2023)
Narrative Citation: The Institute of Education Sciences (2023) reported strong evidence that the Pre-K Mathematics program ...
On all article citations, whether you read online or print, include the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) if available. The DOI is like a digital thumbprint: its unique and permanent numbers and letters help identify it. It is typically on the first or last page of the article. It may also be listed in the CrossRef Database. If you are having trouble finding the DOI, ask a librarian. If there is no DOI, see this example.
Note that as of March 2017, CrossRef and APA both recommend that DOIs be formatted as such: https://doi.org/10.xxxx/xxxxx with no period at the end.
Parenthetical Citation: The Coast Guard narrative provides meaning to the practice of modern day piracy (Bueger, 2013).
Narrative Citation: According to Bueger (2013) the coast guard narrative can be treated as a "meaningful fiction which gives coherence to the practice of piracy" (p. 1824).
Find the authors of individual resources/pages on an evidence-based practice (EBP) by going to the complete Module, where you will find a suggested citation: https://afirm.fpg.unc.edu/node/2972 You may also find the authors listed at the bottom of individual documents.
Parenthetical Citation: Social Skills Training (SST) targets a number of goals related to social skills, such as knowing others’ names to understanding and regulating emotions (Griffin, W., Sam, A. & AFIRM Team, 2016).