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Click on online databases.
Click on Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Input search term. Look in the chapter you have chosen to do your reaction assignment for and pick
some specific search terms. Click on full text before hitting enter.
Find an article you are interested in. Once in the pdf article, you can save the file to your computer or
print it out.
Click on citation.
Click on print.
Click on citation format. Select APA.
Click print.
(Select cancel when print screen comes up, then copy and paste the citation into a word document).
Example:
Reference:
Murdock, L., Cost, H., & Tieso, C. (2007, Fall). Measurement of Social Communication Skills of
Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders During Interactions With Typical Peers. Focus on Autism
& Other Developmental Disabilities, 22(3), 160-172. Retrieved January 15, 2008, from Psychology
and Behavioral Sciences Collection database.
Several changes must be made in order for it to be APA compliant. How it should look after those
changes are made:
Murdock, L., Cost, H., & Tieso, C. (2007). Measurement of social communication skills of children
with autism spectrum disorders during interactions with typical peers. Focus on Autism & Other
Developmental Disabilities, 22(3), 160-172. Retrieved January 15, 2008, from Psychology and
Behavioral Sciences Collection database.
Your references should look like this for the assignment:
References:
Murdock, L., Cost, H., & Tieso, C. (2007). Measurement of social communication skills of children
with autism spectrum disorders during interactions with typical peers. Focus on Autism & Other
Developmental Disabilities, 22(3), 160-172. Retrieved January 15, 2008, from Psychology and
Behavioral Sciences Collection database.
Reynhout, G., & Carter, M. (2007). Social story efficacy with a child with autism spectrum disorder
and moderate intellectual disability. Focus on Autism & Other Developmental Disabilities, 22(3),
173-182. Retrieved January 15, 2008, from Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection database.
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