1. Surviving the Media Center, Writing Papers, and other Tales of Woe
RESEARCH
Surviving the Media Center, Writing Papers, and other Tales of Woe

2. Finding Information Steps Textbook/Your assigned book CD-ROMs
Card Catalog- look for
Biography on your author if available
Literary Criticisms are 800s and REF
800s
5. GALILEO- See handout
6. Internet

3. Where to Start Card Catalog Search
Results will NOT include reference books which have multiple author articles
Card Catalog Search

4. Reference Books
Reference books are organized by Dewey, so Literature is…..?

5. REF Books Critical Essays
Sample of article
sample literary criticism.pdf
Summary on first page
Multiple authors within article
Paraphrasing/quotations

6. Search Engines GALILEO- through results http://www.galileo.usg.edu/
Choose Literary Reference Center and Encylopedia Brittanica as your databases
Have to have password for use at home

7. Quotations, Paraphrasing
Quotation Marks for Exact Words
Paraphrasing is your words the way that you would say it- not just changing two out of ten of the author’s words
Over five lines must be indented

8. Bibliography
What info do I have to have? Make sure you write down info for BOTH article and book.
Author
Title
Place of Publication
Publisher
Date of Publication
Page Numbers
Rule of Thumb: If I walked into the media center, could I find your exact book by the one line you are putting in your bibliography?

9. Bib Examples One author or editor Two or three authors or editors
Biale, David, ed. Cultures of the Jews: A New History. New York: Schocken, 2002.
Two or three authors or editors
Palmer, R.R., Joel Colton, and Lloyd Kramer. A History of the Modern World: To th ed. New York: Knopf, 2002.
More than three
Hogan, David J., et al., eds. The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures. Lincolnwood, IL: International, 2000.

10. Bib Examples Article in an Anthology (Literary Criticism)
Altman, Dorothy Jewell. “Harper Lee.” Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 6: American Novelists Since World War II Second Series. Ed. James E. Kibler, Jr. Detriot: Gale Research,

11. Internet
Phillips, Brian. “Sparknote on Romeo and Juliet." SparkNotes. 17 Sept         <
Author, Title, name of Site, Date you looked at it, url

12. Bibliography Page Alphabetical by author
Use “hanging” paragraph format
Indent the second line of citations
Sample

13. Advice
Most importantly, READ YOUR DIRECTIONS and bring your handout and bib sheet with you daily
Use pencil while doing research.
Use the Citation Machine
Use the media center website for help
Bring note cards, pencil, and paper daily
Get a rubber band to hold your cards together and don’t put them in a folder that they can fall out of
Lastly, don’t wait until the last minute to work on your paper

14. THAT’S ALL FOLKS!