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Green, W., & Levy Simon, B. (2012). The Columbia Guide to Social Work Writing. Columbia University Press. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/reader.action?docID=932151
Read Chapter 7: Getting the policy message across to diverse audiences. (pp. 133-151)

International Centre for Policy Advocacy. (n.d) An essential guide to writing policy briefs. https://www.icpolicyadvocacy.org/sites/icpa/files/downloads/icpa_policy_briefs_essential_guide.pdf
This is another guide to writing policy briefs. While it covers many of the same topics as the previous readings on writing policy briefs, it will be useful to see the process explained in a number of different ways to assist you in formatting your own work.

School of Social Work: University of Pittsburgh. (2023). Policy briefs. https://www.socialwork.pitt.edu/researchtraining/policy-briefs
You do not need to read everything on this page, but click through to look at and read three to five of the briefs on this page. Note that many of them are policy briefs based on research projects undertaken by the authors. In this lesson’s assignment, this section will report on library research. The writing in these briefs is what is important to pay attention to.

The Writing Center: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (2023). Policy briefs. https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/policy-briefs/
This page provides the format for this lesson’s assignment. It discusses important elements of writing in policy briefs.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (n.d.). Writing effective reports: Preparing policy briefs. https://www.fao.org/3/i2195e/i2195e03.pdf
Read pages 141-169.

American Psychological Association (APA). (2021, November 15). Avoiding plagiarism guide. https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/avoiding-plagiarism.pdf

Newbold, C. (2014). Can I use that picture? The terms, laws, and ethics for using copyrighted images. The Visual Communication Guy: Communicate by Design. https://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/2014/07/14/can-i-use-that-picture/

Newbold, C. (2014). Did I plagiarize? The Visual Communication Guy: Communicate by design. https://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/2014/09/16/did-i-plagiarize-the-types-and-severity-of-plagiarism-violations/

Grace Hauenstein Library: Aquinas Collete. (2015). Differences in quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing. https://aquinas.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=2657936

Turnitin (2016). The plagiarism spectrum. https://www.turnitin.com/static/plagiarism-spectrum/

Last, S. (n.d.). Appendix B: Writing a summary. Technical Writing Essentials. https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/technicalwriting/chapter/appendixb-writingsummary/

American Psychological Association (APA). (2022, July). Paraphrasing. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/paraphrasing

American Psychological Association (APA). (2020). Paraphrasing and citation activities. https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/paraphrasing-citation-activities.pdf

Last, S., & Nevu, C. (n.d.). Appendix C: Integrating source evidence into your writing. Essentials of Technical Writing S. Last (ed). https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/technicalwriting/chapter/appendixc-integratingevidence/

American Psychological Association (APA). (2022, July). Quotations. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/citations/quotations

McDonald, D., Boddy, J., O’Callaghan, K., & Chester, P. (2015). Ethical Ethical professional writing in social work and human services. Ethics and Social Welfare, 9(4), 1-16. doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2015.1009481

Groshong, L., & Phillips, D. (2015). The Impact of electronic communication on confidentiality in clinical social work practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 43, 142–150. doi 10.1007/s10615-015-0527-4. https://eds.s.ebscohost.com/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=1&sid=a82084e0-30a5-47c9-8edd-69d2bf9028fc%40redis

Gale, S.A., Heidebrink, J., Grill, J., et al. (2022). Preclinical Alzheimer Disease and the electronic health record: Balancing confidentiality and care. Neurology, 99(22), 987-994. doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000201347