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

2. Hours: Monday 7am - 4pm Tuesday 7am - 2:45pm Wednesday 9:20am - 4pm
Thursday 7am - 4pm
Friday 7am - 3pm

3. True Research Report Writing Research
Summary
with specific details
Explanation
of a situation, event, book, etc.
Research
Analyze a perspective or argue a point
present your own thinking (thesis) backed by others' ideas, research, and findings

4. So…
…if writing about the Vietnam War, you’d read newspaper articles and books and interview veterans to develop and/or confirm a viewpoint and support it with evidence

5. In research, citing sources is a must:
MLA Formatting and Style

6. Definitions
Citation: make reference to and give credit to a source for use of facts and ideas

7. Definitions… In-Text Citation: the brief note so the reader:
1) knows the fact/idea came from another source
2) can look at your Works Cited page and find the exact location of the idea/fact
looks like…

8. Definitions
Works Cited:
the last page of a research paper, includes full citation information for all sources cited in your paper and no other sources
looks like…

9. How to Cite Suggestions: Purdue University – OWL site
Books and subscription databases are the most reliable and the easiest to cite.
Other online sources can be as reliable, but more work is needed to validate the source’s authority
& use online citation makers, just be sure to double-check

10. The Assignment
Go to the Skyline Library website via the Skyline webpage. And click on Library Catalog.
Choose a non-fiction book in the catalog that has to do with your assignment and write down the title and call number of the book.
Go to the “Databases & eBooks” tab on the library page and look at the different databases and write down the name of one database that has to do with your topic.

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

12. KCLS Databases (via Library page > Databases & eBooks)
Access info:

13. Due on: Thursday, 9/22