2. Practice conducting a literature search and writing APA‐style citations by taking the following steps:

a. Select a topic of interest to you (e.g., memory problems with chronic alcohol use, infant language development, sleep disorders, treatment of autism spectrum disorder, stereotype formation), and choose two relevant terms to Take notice of what does and does not work for you, and consider which of your new strategies you could incorporate into your other courses.

use in conducting a search using PsycINFO. For example, if your topic was infant language development, you might conduct a search using the terms “language development” and “infants.” Save the first 10 results.

b. Conduct a second search by altering the search terms. Using the above example, you might change “language development” to “language acquisition,” or you might change “infants” to “infancy.” Examine the first 10 results and compare them to the results you saved from the first step. Pay attention to the types of sources you find with each search and determine which are more relevant to your topic.

c. Refine your search terms further in order to generate results that are in line with your topic. Then choose five sources from the results. Select a mixture of articles, books, and book chapters. Write an APA‐style reference entry for each of these sources using the APA Publication Manual.
Note that many database browsers, such as EBSCOhost, will produce citations in APA Style that can either be copied or downloaded. However, these citations contain errors that must be corrected. Ask an experienced peer, writing consultant, or professor to look at your references and give you feedback.