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Questions and Answers
1. If someone wanted to know where to find the official criteria for proper APA style, what source would be used?
APA style means the American Psychological Association style used for citation and formatting mainly in social and behavioral sciences. The style enables students and researchers to focus more on standards typical of in-text citations and references placed at the end of each paper. The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition is an official source which supplies writers with publication practices, types of scholarly manuscripts, advising on writing, peculiarities of the style, graphic representation of data, guidance on reference citation, the relevant examples and an overview of the publishing process (The Publication, 2010). Additionally, researchers can address The Purdue Online Writing Lab (“General Format”, n.d.) in order to follow the standardized criteria for the APA style and have quick access to the resources.
2. How many levels of headings are identified in APA style? What would be the proper style for each of those headings? What is the purpose for using different levels of headings?
The APA style has an elaborated system of five levels of headings which should be accurately and consistently used throughout the whole paper. The first level involves centered, boldface, uppercase and lowercase headings, whereas the second level differs from the first by arranging left-aligned headings instead of centered ones. Moreover, the disparity between the third and fourth levels lies in the italicized version of the latter although the similarity is presented by the indented, boldface, lowercase arrangement with a period. The text begins exactly after the period inherent to the third, fourth and fifth levels of headings. The last level is characterized as indented, italicized, lowercase. Different levels of headings enable writers to structure their paper accordingly by differentiating between sections and subsections. In turn, readers can reveal how the ideas have been arranged in the published manuscript.
3. What do the initials “DOI” represent? What is it, and why is it important?
DOI represents a digital object identifier which is assigned to electronic scholarly materials for the most part. The identifier established as a serial code allows supplying stable linking to the articles, since their location alongside with the URL can change over time. The codes present a form of intellectual property found in the digital setting. Furthermore, the use of http://dx.doi.org/ before the serial code provides an opportunity to find the article with DOI immediately owing to the full URL. Generally, DOI is vital for researchers to identify the unique material which is human-readable and interoperable. As for the importance of DOI for the scientific community, it enables administrators to monitor intellectual content and manage copyright. In case of customers, more cooperation with publishers is provided, and services of electronic commerce are made available.
4. What is the web address for the off-campus access EZ Proxy login?
The off-campus access: EZ Proxy has been created as a system which is aimed at providing access to the resources found in the library of Liberty University. The main page of the web address https://www.liberty.edu/library/ezproxy-access/ supplies students, staff and faculty with the key information about logging into EZProxy, login problems, browsers and Internet Explorer issues – cookies.
5. What kind of resources can you access through the Jerry Falwell Library?
The Jerry Falwell Library in Liberty University is aimed at promoting academic excellence and spiritual strength for the whole scientific community. It has a number of resources which students, staff and faculty can access in order to complete their academic work. My Library section contains some useful links. First, the library account allows searching for the library catalog. Second, the interlibrary loan is provided via the InterLibrary loan account in ILLiad, and books, articles, dissertations and audio-visual materials become available. Third, the suggestions subsection recommends a purchase if the material is unavailable at the moment, or an improvement proposed by a user. Fourth, the room reservations for academic purposes are possible for group study and meetings with a view to organize work, studies or collaboration. Lastly, the upcoming events inform users about library services fairs, concert and author series. The Research section focuses on research workshops aimed at students to improve their scholarly work. Also, the search tips reveal techniques related to a database search. What is more, the research guides function as librarians’ instructions to navigate library resources more efficiently. The writing tutorials concentrate on the formatting styles and citations, and recommend visiting writing centers for more consultation. Another useful tool deals with finding e-resources by title or identifying number.
5. What is ILLiad? Identify what the acronym mean and explain reasons why you would use this resource.
ILLiad is designed to maintain interlibrary loan in an automated way for academic purposes. It is significant for researchers to have access to ILLiad. Specifically, the system allows expanding research reach beyond the current library. That means being knowledgeable about the developments established in the latest publications found in non-U.S. libraries as well. Moreover, the speed of requests and turnaround time make the system appealing to students, staff and faculty.
References
General Format (n.d.). In The Purdue Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/1/
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). (2010). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
