1 / 21

Déjà Vu: MLA Citations & Research Skills

Déjà Vu: MLA Citations & Research Skills. Leadership Phase V – February 15, 2010. Agenda. MLA Documentation Refresher MLA Q & A Best Practices for Conducting Research WTCC Resources Books (Online Catalog, eBooks) Articles (eDatabases - Access/Passwords).

mara-poole
Download Presentation

Déjà Vu: MLA Citations & Research Skills

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Déjà Vu: MLA Citations & Research Skills Leadership Phase V – February 15, 2010

  2. Agenda • MLA Documentation Refresher • MLA Q & A • Best Practices for Conducting Research • WTCC Resources • Books (Online Catalog, eBooks) • Articles (eDatabases - Access/Passwords)

  3. MLA Style: Modern Language Association 6th Edition 7th Edition Titles are italicized Include a medium of publication (Print, Web, Film, DVD, etc.). Include a URL only when necessary to locate work cited or if your instructor requires it. All journal citations use an issue number, regardless of how they are paginated. Use abbreviations for Web publications when there is no publisher (N.p.), no date (n.d.), or no pagination (n.pag.) available. • Titles Underlined • No medium of publication • URL included for web publications • Distinction made between journals with continuous paging and those with issues paged separately • Unavailable information such as publisher, date, etc. is not noted Scottsdale Community College - Library Guides Library Guides: Updates to Citation Guide

  4. Citing Books (MLA 5.5) • Book by a Single Author (MLA 5.5.2) Miller, John G. QBQ!: Question Behind the Question. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2004. Print. • Book by Two or Three Authors (MLA 5.5.4) Caruso, David R., and Peter Salovey. The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop and Use the Four Key Emotional Skills of Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. Print. • Book by More than Three Authors (MLA 5.5.4) Patterson, Kerry, et al. Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. Print.

  5. Citing an Online Book (MLA 5.6.2c) Sigetich, Andrea, and Carol Leavitt. Play to Your Strengths: Stacking the Deck to Achieve Spectacular Results for Yourself and Others. Franklin Lakes: The Career Press, 2008. NetLibrary. Web. 9 Feb. 2010.

  6. Citing a Journal Article from a subscription service (MLA 5.6.4) Webb, Kerry S. "Why Emotional Intelligence Should Matter to Management: A Survey of the Literature." SAM Advanced Management Journal (07497075) 74.2 (2009): 32-41. Business Source Premier. EBSCO. Web. 10 Feb. 2010. Webb, Kerry S. “Why Emotional Intelligence Should Matter to Management: A Survey of the Literature.” SAM Advanced Management Journal 74.2 (2009): 32-41. Business Source Premier. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. “Cite this Article” icon – creates a MLA citation for article (see example) Using MLA Handbook, 7th edition (5.6.4)

  7. Citing a Magazine Article from a subscription service (MLA 5.6.4) Roach, Thomas J. “Leadership versus Control: Every Manager Makes a Choice.” Rock Products 112.5 (2009): 6. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2010.

  8. Citing a Newspaper Article from a subscription service (MLA 5.6.4) Brown, Paul B. “How Smart is Your Manager?” New York Times 29 Dec. 2007: 5. Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 10 Feb. 2010.

  9. Citing a web site (MLA 5.6.2b) Citation Guide: Guides for the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles. Scottsdale Community College Library, 30 Jan. 2010. Web. 11 Feb. 2010.

  10. Citing an Article from a web site (MLA 5.6.1) Purdue OWL. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 11 Jan. 2010. Web. 11 Feb. 2010.

  11. Citation Resources on the Web http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/index.html http://library-guides.scottsdalecc.edu/citation

  12. Citation Resources on the Web • NCSU/UNC Citation Builder NCSU -- http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/index.php UNC -- http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/citationbuilder/ • Diana Hacker http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s5.html • EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/ • KnightCite (Hekman Library, Calvin College) http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite • BibMe http://www.bibme.org/ • Noodle Tools http://www.noodletools.com/

  13. Additional Information on Citations Online Tutorial: Citing Information (UNC Libraries) http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/citations/ There are a number of websites that will help you format your citations in the various styles. These tools are good places to start, but as a “good rule of thumb,” you should always compare citations from these online tools with the MLA Handbook, 7th edition to check for accuracy. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009. Print.

  14. Best Practices for Conducting Research • Keyword Searching • Search Connectors • Boolean Operators • Parentheses, Quotation Marks, Asterisks • Evaluating Information • Types of Sources • Evaluation Criteria

  15. Best Practices…Keyword Searching & Library Databases • Keywords = terms or words that help you find information • Avoid articles, pronouns, prepositions as these words can derail your search such as: • “of, with, the, at, is, on, to, you, it” and more… • Avoid single letters such as “a” or “I” http://www.umsl.edu/services/libteach/kwSTL/menu1kwSTL.html

  16. Additional Information on Keyword Searching Online Tutorial: Keyword Searching in Library Databases http://www.umsl.edu/services/libteach/kwSTL/menu1kwSTL.html

  17. Best Practices…Search Connectors http://library.waketech.edu/tutorials/multimedia/infolit2.wmv • Boolean Operators • AND = narrow search • OR = expand search • NOT = exclude specific words or ideas • Parentheses • Use with “OR” to search for similar terms • Quotation Marks • Use for “phrase searching” • Combining keyword terms • Asterisks • Use as a wildcard symbol to truncate words • Can be used at the root of a word or to replace a letter

  18. Best Practices…Evaluating Information • Types of Sources • Popular – Magazines & Newspapers • Scholarly/Academic/Peer-Reviewed - Journals • Evaluation Criteria for Web Sources • Accuracy: Author, Purpose • Authority: Credentials, URL Domain • Objectivity: Goals/Objectives • Currency: Date created, Frequency of updates • Coverage: Cited Information, Fee/Free Info http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html

  19. Finding Books • Print • Search the library’s online catalog: http://library.waketech.edu • Electronic • Search NC LIVE (http://www.nclive.org) • NetLibrary – contains over 24,000 titles on a variety of subjects • MyiLibrary – offers access to over 350 full-text online books on many topics

  20. Finding Articles…journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. • Off-campus access: • NC LIVE (http://www.nclive.org) • SIRS (http://sks.sirs.com) • On-campus access only: • JSTOR • ScienceDirect • Cochrane Library

  21. Need Help? Suvanida Duangudom, MLS Reference & Instructional Services Librarian Main Campus – Howell Library Phone: 919-866-5643 Email: sduangudom@waketech.edu

More Related