Your Term Paper requires that you use, "At least 3 scholarly references in addition to your eText for a minimum of 4 total references." For this discussion, share at least 2 scholarly references you plan to use in the Term Paper with the appropriate APA-formatted reference. Please review your APA formatting here at http://berkeleycollege.libguides.com/APA 

Please note the difference between scholarly and peer-reviewed sources:

Two types of sources that can be used to do research are 1) Scholarly or 2) Popular sources. These are terms used to define an article's format, the type of research and writer, its purpose, audience, review criteria and language. Scholarly sources are usually journals published by a professional association and presents original research done by an expert in the field. These types of journals contain citations throughout the paper, which is typically reviewed by peers before publication. The language of a scholarly source is technical, and the audience is experts or students in the field. In contrast, a popular source is normally in the form of a popular book or magazine, it is commercial in nature and written by journalists, bloggers or writers familiar with the subject matter. References and citations are not usually included, and they have not been reviewed by peers before publication. The language of this type of material is basic and it is normally written for a general audience to provide information and entertainment. Examples of popular sources are news websites (NY Times, Washington Post), Wikipedia, investopedia.com, about.com, smallbusiness.chron.com, huffingtonpost.com, ehow.com, forbes.com, cnn.com, online encyclopedias, or similar non-academic websites for assignments and discussions. Articles in these types of websites are written by reporters who may or may not be experts in the field, and consequently may have incorrect or biased information.

It adds much more credibility to use the class readings, other related textbooks, and peer-reviewed articles, i.e. scholars have analyzed and evaluated the content for accuracy, quality, and reliability. Be sure to use the university library to help you find these types of scholarly references. The library has a setting in database searches that allow you to search for peer-reviewed articles only.

For this discussion, please focus only on scholarly sources. Here's a link for more information on scholarly sources:

https://berkeleycollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=935484&p=6742516

Please post your response by 11:59 PM on Saturday. Please be sure to respond to at least 2 other student's posts.

DB POSTING REMINDERS:

Please remember the initial post should be written as early in the week as possible, and the peer responses are due by Saturday evening.

Be sure to reference your eText or other research to support your response. You will be graded on how you relate the class readings to your initial post.

When you make your initial post, please fully answer the question and make substantive responses - i.e. at least 200 words that really dive into the topic and show that you've read in your texts and done the research to support your opinions.

Apply appropriate examples that illustrate your points - feel free to bring your work experiences into the discussion. It helps us all learn when we can relate our past work experiences to what we're learning here in the discussions.

You must reply substantively (at least 50 words that welcome further discussion) at least twice to your classmates and/or your instructor.

All discussions and assignments required the use of APA to cite and list references. APA stands for the American Psychological Association and the guidelines that they develop for formatting and citing sources in research papers are required in many college-level classes that deal with areas of Business, Criminal Justice, and Education. Here you will find some practical information about what APA style and format are and how to use them.