M.L.A.CITATION

WORKSHOP

2012

FINDING PRINT RESOURCES

ON YOUR TOPIC

-books-anthologies

-magazines articles- newspaper articles

Search theVHS Library“CAT”alog

Also use:

-Worch Public Library

- Your Own Resources

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 (Universe in a Nutshell)

ARTICLE from an ANTHOLOGY / Part of a Book (Ultimate Biography)

“Stephen Hawking.” Ultimate Biography. Ed. Thomas Dyja. New York: DK

Publishing, 2002. 42-43. Print.

Hawking, Stephen. The Universe in a Nutshell. New York: Bantam Books,

2001. Print.

Citing a Magazine Article1. Author(s). 2. “Article’s name.” 3. Magazine’s name. 4 Publication date: 5. Page number(s). 6. Medium.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE (Discover)

Maddox, Bruno. “Hawking’s Exit Strategy.” Discover. Sept.

2006: 31. Print.

FINDING RESOURCES ON YOUR TOPIC FROM ONLINE DATABASES

-books-anthologies

-magazines articles-newspaper articles

-other sources

(You must have at least one online database or print resource used 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.

WHAT IS AN ONLINE DATABASE?

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

Citing a World Book Web article:

World Book Advanced

Primack, Joel R. "Hawking, Stephen William." World Book Advanced. 2009. N. pag. INFOhio World Book Web. Web.

17 Sept. 2009.

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.

* The ART Collection - Artwork & artifacts from world museums.* Biography Reference Bank - Life stories of individuals, historic & current.

* Digital Video Collection – Hundreds of curriculum-oriented videos.* EBSCOhost – Collections of news, magazine & journal articles for research.* Spanish / French Encyclopedias – articles for foreign language learners.* Learning Express Library – Test-taking & learning tools in your own account.* Literature Online – Digital collection of literary classics from all eras.* NewsBank – Full-text magazine / newspaper collection from the U.S. and world.* Oxford Reference – A complete and accurate digital reference collection.* Science Online – Informative articles & images about current science topics.* World Book Web – Three levels of accurate & current encyclopedia articles.

* Other Resources – A.D.A.M., American Memory, FirstGov, OPLIN, Medline Plus, NetWellness, Ohio Historical Society, Ohio Memory, OhioGov &

more.

ACCESS: all INFOhio resources are available at:http://www.infohio.org/ Username: explore Password: infohio

INFOhio’s Electronic Resources – Use & Citation

*INFOhio’s Core Collection *Other Resources

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. 2009.

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 URLUnderstanding 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>.

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>.

Stein, Eileen. “Border Collie Characteristics.” All About Border Collies.

United States Border Collie Club, Inc., 31 Aug. 2007. Web.

23 Sept. 2009.

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>.

Ley, Niki and Sam Blackburn. “Prof. Stephen Hawking’s Biography.”

Professor Stephen Hawking. University of Cambridge, 2009.

Web. 23 Sept. 2009.

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