ARTICLE SUMMARY – Introduction to Human Services
Due Date: April 16th
Turn in your summary by uploading the document at Blackboard before midnight on the due date.
Don’t forget to type your name on the first page of your document, insert page numbers, use a 12
point font, and focus on academic (professional) writing. Please do not include any cover pages.
What should go into my Article Summary?How should it be formatted?
An article summary should include a few paragraphs that describe (in your own words) the main
point or points of the article. Be sure to clearly cite in the article in-text at the beginning of your
summary.
The summary should include at least one paragraph that describes (in your own words) the main point
or points of the article. Because you are summarizing a research article, it is important to have a
paragraph that describes how the author(s) conducted the research and at least one paragraph that
summarizes the results of their research. You do not need to describe everything in the article, but
you should certainly describe how the research was conducted (the methods) and what the main
results were.Do not use first-person singular or plural – no “I” or “we”.
Overall, an article summary should give the reader a good sense of what the source is all about.
An article summary typically ranges from 3 to 6 paragraphs (depending on how you organize it). Some
articles are more complicated than others and may require a longer summary. Typically a summary
should be between 1 and 3 pages in length (typed, double-spaced).
An article summary should be written in a formal academic style without the use of personal or
second-person reference (do not use “I” or “you”). Do notincludeyouropinions, but instead describe
the research in a scientific and formal way.
You must include an APA formatted in-text citation to refer to your article within the first few
sentences of your summary.
Finally at the end of your document, present the full reference– and APA-formatted reference
(citation) for the article.References should be the title, and should be on their own page.
How do I find an Article to summarize?
Go to the National Organization of Human Services (NOHS) to find the Journal of Human Services at
http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/journal–of–human–services. Choose one of the Research
Articles or the Conceptual Articles to summarize for this assignment from thecurrent journal article
that is free to view. You will find the current journal article link under “More Information”.
How will this be graded?
See next page for grading rubric
