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

Hours: beginning next week Monday 7:40am – 4:30pm Tuesday 7:40am – 4:30pm Wednesday 9:40am – 4:30pm Thursday 7:40am – 4:30pm Friday 7:40am – 3:30pm

Research Research Analyze a perspective or argue a point Report Writing 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

Finding and citing sources is the key to good research. …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 Finding and citing sources is the key to good research.

MLA Formatting and Style Citing your research MLA Formatting and Style

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

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…

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…

The Assignment Do three activities via the Skyline Library website. Due tomorrow at the start of class.

Assignment:

Library Home Page Accessing Databases from Home: Passwords and KCLS access info can be found by clicking on the black star on the library home page

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