Research Guides: JOUR 447: Sports, Protest and the Media: Write & Cite

Writing Resources

Abstracts and Executive Summaries
Not sure how to write an abstract? Check out this step-by-step guide from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Note that your abstracts will be a little different because you'll be laying out what you're going to study instead of summarizing research you've already done.
Annotated Bibliographies (Purdue OWL)
Everything you need to know in order to create annotated bibliographies in Chicago, APA and MLA - from Purdue OWL.
NVivo
NVivo is a qualitative data analysis tool, useful for performing content analysis and identifying themes and language patterns across multiple sources. UMD students, faculty, and staff can install the program through TerpWare for free.

Research and journalism are conversations! By citing, you position yourself as a scholar within those conversations.

Citing your sources...

Gives credit to the person or group who spent the time researching and writing in order to provide that information.
Allows your readers to find the source later if they wants to read it themselves.
Gives credibility to the argument of your paper by incorporating information from experts.
Indicates that you did a thorough job researching your topic.

The resources below can help you cite your sources and style your paper according to different standards and formats.

Citation Tools (UMD Libraries)
Zotero
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research. It's especially useful if you're working with a lot of sources (20 or more).
Google Scholar Tips
Learn how to use Google Scholar to generate citations (and more!)

The Associated Press Stylebook, 2020-2022
ISBN: 9781541647572
You can use the the print version of the 2020-2022 AP Stylebook at McKeldin Library. We'll be ordering new editions soon!

APA Style Reference Examples
The APA Style website is a comprehensive source for style and grammar guidance. The Reference Examples page details how to cite just about any type of resource.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed. (print book)
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Print version of the official manual for APA style, 7th edition

The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. (eBook)
ISBN: 9780226287058
Publication Date: 2017-09-05
Online version of the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition

MLA Handbook Plus
The MLA Handbook Plus includes the full text of the ninth edition of the MLA Citation handbook, the second edition of the MLA Guide to Digital Literacy, and the MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature, as well as a video course that teaches the principles of MLA documentation style through a series of short videos paired with quizzes, plus a final assessment.