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

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

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

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

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

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

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 http://www.aresearchguide.com/5quoting.html

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?

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 1815. 9th 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.

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, 1980. 180-183.

Internet Phillips, Brian. “Sparknote on Romeo and Juliet." SparkNotes. 17 Sept. 2007         <http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/characters.epl Author, Title, name of Site, Date you looked at it, url

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

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

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