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description on how to cite tweets and blog enteries using APA style guide. Very useful!

Helps build citations and references for APA and MLA

Zotero is an open-source program developed by George Mason University's Center for History and the New Media. You have to teach your students how to use it, but it is time well spent. They can create individual and group libraries, automatically create bibliographies and citations in CMS, MLA, APA, etc., and grow research skills. You can learn how to use this powerful free program by checking out the numerous free YouTube videos, or check out my step-by-step guide at: http://drkblog.wordpress.com/resources/using-zotero/

The American Psychiatric Association (www.apa.org) is responsible for writing and publication of the DSM. At the bottom of this blog find their proposed changes to autism spectrum disorders (ASD), as copied from their website. In a nutshell, effective with the release of DSM-5 in May 2013 we will change the way we describe autism-related disabilities to the singular "Autism Spectrum Disorder." Clients will no longer be diagnosed as having "autism" versus "PDD-NOS" or "Asperger Syndrome" as all of these different classifications will officially go away. However, individuals with ASD will be referred to as having one of three severity levels (see chart at end). Read more: http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/proposed-dsm-5-changes-regard-asd-3478294#ixzz1u366XxQO

Social Media - Citation guide for writers.

"Better essays, faster! Simply scan the barcode of a book using your mobile phone camera, and ReferenceME will create your bibliography and citations in moments. If there is no barcode you can simply enter the books ISBN or you can enter the details yourself, and turn them into references in any of the major styles used by universities and libraries."

The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It's the easiest way to build a works cited page.