Research & M.L.A. Citation Workshop 2016 College English 12 Research Narrative - - - - - - Research & M.L.A. Citation Workshop 2016 Mr. Sears Learning Resource Center Upper Valley Career Center

October 17, 1989

FINDING PRINT RESOURCES ON YOUR TOPIC -books -anthologies magazines articles - newspaper articles

Search the UVCC Learning Resource Center “CAT”alog

Also use: Home School Library Public Library - Your Own Resources

ARTICLE from an ANTHOLOGY / Part of a Book (Ultimate Biography) Citing a Book 1. Author(s). 2. “Article’s name.” 3. Book’s name. 4. Editor (if any). 5. Publication city: 6. Publisher, 7. Publication date: 8. Page #s (if part of larger work). 9. Medium. ENTIRE BOOK ARTICLE from an ANTHOLOGY / Part of a Book (Ultimate Biography) McLeish, Ewan. Earthquakes in Action. New York: Rosen Central Publishing, 2009. Print. Reckord, Rick. Eyewitness. Earthquakes in Action. By Ewan McLeish, New York: Rosen Central Publishing, 2009. 17. Print.

ON YOUR TOPIC FROM ONLINE DATABASES FINDING RESOURCES ON YOUR TOPIC FROM ONLINE DATABASES -books -anthologies magazines articles newspaper articles other sources

WHAT IS AN ONLINE DATABASE? (You must have at least ten primary resources cited in your paper) An online research database is: a collection of articles available online from a variety of sources: (reference books, newspapers, magazines, television / radio program transcripts and journals) The sources are authoritative, reliable and edited for content. The collection is organized & easily searchable. Often an access fee must be paid. A password is required.

INFOhio’s Electronic Resources – Use & Citation INFOHIO’s CORE COLLECTION OF ELECTRONIC RESOURCES: INFOhio provides access to thousands of online publications and research resources, including popular magazines, scholarly research journals, newspapers from Ohio and the nation, encyclopedias, dictionaries, speeches, poems, plays, photographs and videos, maps, test preparation, primary source documents and much more. ACCESS: all INFOhio resources are available at:http://www.infohio.org/ Username: uppervalley Password: careercenter

Three levels of accurate & current encyclopedia articles. WORLD BOOK ACADEMIC Three levels of accurate & current encyclopedia articles.

Citing a World Book Web article: World Book Academic Bush, George H.W.. "Public Papers of George Bush – Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on Disaster Relief for Areas Affected by the San Francisco Earthquake and Hurricane Hugo." 5-Jan-90. Public Papers of George Bush, 1990. By George H. Bush. Academic World Book. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.

EBSCOhost Multi-Database Search Full-text information from more than 6,000 magazines, journals, and newspapers. Includes e-books, biographies, radio and TV transcripts, geographic information, primary sources, images, maps, and more. 

Citing an Ebscohost article: "Remarks On The San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake And A Question-And-Answer Session With Reporters October 18, 1989." American Reference Library - Primary Source Documents (2001): 1. Middle Search Plus. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.

Citing an Explora article: Hughes, A.C. "A Real Jolt." American Heritage. Feb./Mar. 1992: 34. Academic Search Premier. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.

EBSCOhost (or other INFOhio Source) Citing an INFOhio Database Article: EBSCOhost (or other INFOhio Source) Database Article 1. Author. 2. “Title of article.” 3. Name of original source. 4. Publication date: 5. Page numbers. 6. Name of Database. 7. Medium. (Web). 8. Date of access (d. m. y.) “Hawking, Stephen W.” World Authors 1985 – 1990. N.p.: H. W. Wilson. 1995. N. pag. Biography Reference Bank. Web. 22 Sept. 2015.

Internet Search Tips USE A SEARCH ENGINE YOU KNOW Use KEY WORDS. Don’t Type SENTENCES! Put phrases in quotes to “lock together”. Read Summary of sites before clicking. GOOGLE is a good HOME Search Page. KNOW THE TYPES OF WEBSITES .com = COMMERCIAL – someone is selling a product. .org = ORGANIZATION – a nonprofit information site. .gov = GOVERNMENT – site of state / local / federal agency .edu = EDUCATIONAL – a college or university site. .k12.oh.us = SCHOOL – a public k-12 school website.

Google Search Features: Phrase search ("") By putting double quotes around a set of words, you are telling Google to consider the exact words in that exact order without any change. [ "Alexander Bell" ] Search within a specific website (site:) Google allows you to specify that your search results must come from a given website. For example, the query [ iraq site:nytimes.com ] will return pages about Iraq but only from nytimes.com. Terms you want to exclude (-) Attaching a minus sign immediately before a word indicates that you do not want pages that contain this word to appear in your results. For example [ jaguar -cars -football ]. Fill in the blanks (*) The *, or wildcard, is a little-known feature that can be very powerful. If you include * within a query, it tells Google to try to treat the star as a placeholder for any unknown term(s) and then find the best matches. The query [ Voinovich voted * on the * bill ] will give you stories about different votes on different bills. Note that the * operator works only on whole words, not parts of words.

Grammar of the Internet - Understanding a URL Understanding the URL or web address of a web page can sometimes provide you with important information about a web site. In this example we are using a web site that says the Holocaust never happened. Based on the URL shown below in blue how can we tell that this is the web site of an individual and not a Northwestern University web site?"

Citing a website - ARTICLE IN A WEB SITE Author, Name. “Title of article.” Name of web page. Publisher, Publication date. Medium. Date of Access. <Web site address only if essential>. Postel, Frederick F. “Report on the Operations of the San Francisco Fire Department Following the Earthquake and Fire of October 17, 1989.” Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco. Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco, Inc., 17 Oct. 1990. Web. 28 Sept. 2015.

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