Please log on a computer Open the web and then Open four tabs… THREE library pages via SHS main page > Library on right (or www.msbacon.com) And EasyBib sign in or sign up use coupon code: beavemswa – yes it’s an odd one, I’ll explain why 4) Then get out something to take notes on/with

Librarian: Ms. Bacon Library Assistant: Ms. Kruper Skyline Library Librarian: Ms. Bacon Library Assistant: Ms. Kruper

MLA Formatting and Style Research Analyze a perspective or argue a point In-Text Citation brief note, tells reader: □ fact/idea came from another source and □ where to find exact location of the idea/fact (via Works Cited) Works Cited the last page of a research paper, includes full citation information for all sources cited in your paper and no other sources

FYIs: Formatting your paper in MLA Margins One Inch Font Times New Roman, 12 pt Line Spacing Double-spaced Alignment Left aligned Header (above the margins) Last name & page number Heading (four things) Your full name Teacher’s name Class name , period Date – the DUE DATE with month written out Even if not asked, add a… title

FYIs: MLA Paper Formatting Template Go to: Library Page > Resources by Subject > Research and Writing> MLA Template: Word OR Google Doc Personalize it! Due date: October 11, 2016 If you are using Word, save this to your server folder > File > Save as > click on Computer to the left > then see your server file with your name on the right.

Go to your computer Desktop Find and open this icon FYIs: ClassLink Go to your computer Desktop Find and open this icon Log in when prompted Username and password are the same as you used to log on the computer Find Pearson and click on the link – this is your textbook.

ClassLink from Home: https://launchpad.classlink.com/Issaquah ClassLink at home… ClassLink from Home: https://launchpad.classlink.com/Issaquah This note was also included from the district: Students use their school network username and password to log into ClassLink. For use at home, the ClassLink browser extension must be installed.

FYIs: Accessing Databases from Home Passwords and other access info can be found if you click on the black star on the library home page:

The Assignment: Generally speaking, you will practice citing a book and a database by creating a Works Cited page and showing what an in-text citation should look like on your properly formatted MLA document. You will use Word or Google Docs, EasyBib (an online citation maker), Skyline/KCLS databases, and a book for this assignment

What you will turn in will look something like this… Page 1 Page 2

The particulars are on the handout as well as in the slides that follow … the directions are VERY specific so please follow them closely and please ask us questions Please play this as a Slide Show – it will be helpful

1) A personalized and properly formatted MLA document Done! you just did that in Word or Google Docs and you still have it open on your computer leave it open, you will add to it soon

Go to EasyBib.com Login or Sign up 2) EasyBib If you had time, you’ve already done this not necessary right now, but if you want to get rid of ads, add the coupon code beavemswa The EasyBib was sold and while access to all their features is free for this transitional year, at the high school level ads are there – it is distracting and makes page loading slow, so we are sharing BLMS’s code for now

Click on “Bibliography” under your new project name… Create a “New Project” Name your project nothing else needs to be filled in but, choose MLA 8 Click on “Bibliography” under your new project name…

3) Citing a Book It would be nice if you searched our library catalog for a book then went to go find it… but for the sake of time, you will please use the book at your table In your EasyBib bibliography, choose the “Book” tab

The enter the ISBN# in the box, then “Cite This” Locate ISBN# on back of book and cite the book It’s the bottom-most number, starting with # 978… (no spaces/dashes); do NOT use the Skyline Library code The enter the ISBN# in the box, then “Cite This”

The title of the book will appear > choose orange “Cite This”> then orange “Create Citation” at bottom of page once it’s filled in

Why Cite a Book?

4) Citing a Database (and KCLS Database info) Go to the Library homepage and choose “Databases & eBooks” Choose a database with “KCLS” in particular, choose “KCLS eBooks…” Use info on bookmark … your user name is 411 followed by your ASB# your pin is the last four digits of your ASB#

Using the search box at the top, search for something, anything… Once your search list is generated, click on an orange article title to open the article Find the citation on the page. Databases have an icon for this at the top or side of the page. It may say “Cite this,” “Citation,”, “Citation Tools”, or just a pencil icon… When the citation dialog box opens, copy the citation if available, choose MLA 8, if it’s not an option, MLA 7 is fine don’t export, etc. – formatting tends to change

Go back to EasyBib Choose the “Database” tab Then on the bottom right corner – choose “Copy & Paste” Then paste your database citation and “Create Citation” This database citation will join your book citation in your project’s bibliography.

5) Create a properly formatted Works Cited page a) Click on the orange “Export” tab at the top of your bibliography list b) Then from drop-down list choose “Print as Word Doc” -the other options probably work too, give it a try c) Then the orange “Download for MS Word” d) It will open a Word document with a correctly formatted Works Cited page

Copy all information from your just-created Works Cited page 6) Adding your Works Cited to your personalized and properly formatted MLA document Copy all information from your just-created Works Cited page be sure to keep all formatting And add it to page two of your personalized and properly formatted MLA document that you have open. And one more step – the in-text citation!

7) In-text Citation Example On your MLA template, where it says “Begin first paragraph…” delete that and literally write these two statements, finishing each line with the correct information (more info on next slide): This is what an in-text citation should look like from the book source in my Works Cited list below: (correct citation here). This is what an in-text citation should look like from the database source in my Works Cited list below: (correct citation here).

Remember, an in-text citation needs to be in parentheses followed by a period. What goes in the parentheses is the first word in on your Works Cited list… Author's last name if there’s an author, followed by a page number – for this example – everyone will use page 10 and because an in-text citation is as brief as possible, you do not add a comma nor the word “page”, nor “pg”, nor “p” – it is just the number No author? just include the first word in the entry if there are quotes around this word, you must add the quotes in the in-text citation

8) Title And because you should get in the habit, add a unique and useful title.

Should look something like this:

And your whole assignment should look something like this…