Current+Events

=Current Events for class:= You may use internet, newspaper, or magazines.

= __Due every Friday.__ =


 * __Each current event article must have:__**
 * 1) Name
 * 2) Title
 * 3) Summary of article- The summary of the article must be at __leas__t one full paragraph 4 to 7 sentences. No more than one full page.
 * 4) Actual copy of article
 * 5) MUST HAVE A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Must be in APA format.

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__**BIBLIOGRAPHY SITES**__ __**[]**__ __**[]**__ __**[]**__ __**[]**__

BIBLIOGRAPHY Format Examples:
= Books = Author's last name, first initial. (Publication date). //Book title//. Additional information. City of publication: Publishing company. Allen, T. (1974). //Vanishing wildlife of North America//. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. Boorstin, D. (1992). //The creators: A history of the heroes of the imagination//. New York: Random House. Nicol, A. M., & Pexman, P. M. (1999). //Presenting your findings: A practical guide for creating tables//. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Searles, B., & Last, M. (1979). //A reader's guide to science fiction//. New York: Facts on File, Inc. Toomer, J. (1988). //Cane//. Ed. Darwin T. Turner. New York: Norton.
 * Format:**
 * Examples:**

Encyclopedia & Dictionary
Author's last name, first initial. (Date). Title of Article. //Title of Encyclopedia// (Volume, pages). City of publication: Publishing company. Bergmann, P. G. (1993). Relativity. In //The new encyclopedia britannica// (Vol. 26, pp. 501-508). Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica. //Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary// (10th ed.). (1993). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. Pettingill, O. S., Jr. (1980). Falcon and Falconry. //World book encyclopedia//. (pp. 150-155). Chicago: World Book. Tobias, R. (1991). Thurber, James. //Encyclopedia americana//. (p. 600). New York: Scholastic Library Publishing.
 * Format:**
 * Examples:**

Magazine & Newspaper Articles
Author's last name, first initial. (Publication date). Article title. //Periodical title, volume number(issue number if available)//, inclusive pages.
 * Format:**

Note: Do not enclose the title in quotation marks. Put a period after the title. If a periodical includes a volume number, italicize it and then give the page range (in regular type) without "pp." If the periodical does not use volume numbers, as in newspapers, use //p//. or //pp//. for page numbers. Note: Unlike other periodicals, p. or pp. precedes page numbers for a newspaper reference in APA style. Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for preparing psychology journal articles. //Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55//, 893-896. Henry, W. A., III. (1990, April 9). Making the grade in today's schools. //Time, 135//, 28-31. Kalette, D. (1986, July 21). California town counts town to big quake. //USA Today, 9//, p. A1. Kanfer, S. (1986, July 21). Heard any good books lately? //Time, 113//, 71-72. Trillin, C. (1993, February 15). Culture shopping. //New Yorker//, pp. 48-51.
 * Examples:**

Website or Webpage
Author's name. (Date of publication). Title of article. //Title of Periodical//, volume number, Retrieved month day, year, from full URL Author's name. (Date of publication). //Title of work//. Retrieved month day, year, from full URL
 * Format:**
 * Online periodical / magazine:**
 * Online document:**

Note: When citing Internet sources, refer to the specific website document. If a document is undated, use "n.d." (for no date) immediately after the document title. Break a lengthy URL that goes to another line after a slash or before a period. Continually check your references to online documents. There is no period following a URL. Note: If you cannot find some of this information, cite what is available. Devitt, T. (2001, August 2). Lightning injures four at music festival. //The Why? Files//. Retrieved January 23, 2002, from http://whyfiles.org/137lightning/index.html Dove, R. (1998). Lady freedom among us. //The Electronic Text Center//. Retrieved June 19, 1998, from Alderman Library, University of Virginia website: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/subjects/afam.html
 * Examples:**

Note: If a document is contained within a large and complex website (such as that for a university or a government agency), identify the host organization and the relevant program or department before giving the URL for the document itself. Precede the URL with a colon. Fredrickson, B. L. (2000, March 7). Cultivating positive emotions to optimize health and well-being. //Prevention & Treatment//, 3, Article 0001a. Retrieved November 20, 2000, from http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume3/pre0030001a.html //GVU's 8th WWW user survey//. (n.d.). Retrieved August 8, 2000, from http://www.cc.gatech.edu/gvu/usersurveys/survey1997-10/ Health Canada. (2002, February). //The safety of genetically modified food crops//. Retrieved March 22, 2005, from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/protection/biologics_genetics/gen_mod_foods/genmodebk.html Hilts, P. J. (1999, February 16). In forecasting their emotions, most people flunk out. //New York Times//. Retrieved November 21, 2000, from http://www.nytimes.com