Preparing for the Research Paper Take notes!!!

What do I need? Answer—Supplies (Write these down.) 1.Legal Pad 2.Envelope 3.Handouts –MLA Formatting –Databases bookmark 4.Change (for copies) 5.ANNOTATIONS (finished) 6.Author’s name/title of work

Now, what am I doing? Answer-- Research… (Write this down.) Day One— –Author biography 1.Birth 2.Family 3.Education 4.Growing Up 5.Young Writer 6.Influences 7.Professional Writer 8.Married/family/adult life 9.Accomplishments 10.Genres/Themes 11.Style 12.Famous for/Known for? 13.Death

Where do I find this stuff? (Write this down.) Day One 1.Drama, Novels, Short Stories, or Poetry for Students (ebook): Under “ebooks,” click “Literature.” Look under the Intro and “Author’s Biography” in Novels for Students, etc.

Other ebooks… 1.Scribner Writers Online 2.Concise Major 21 st -Century Writers 3.Epics for Students 4.Feminism in Literature 5.Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature 6.Gothic Literature 7.Literary Movements for Students 8.Literary Newsmakers for Students 9.Literary Themes for Students 10.Literature and Its Times 11.Shakespeare for Students 12.World Literature and Its Times

Day One Databases for Biography GALE: Scribner Writers Online –Twayne’s Authors Series –Literature Resource Center (LRC) –Literature Criticism Online (LCO) –Biography in Context EBSCO: brary/digital-resources/ebsco brary/digital-resources/ebsco –Literary Reference Center

Accessing Databases from Home EBSCO—ridgepoint (login); panthers (password) Gale—lonestar (password)

I’ve found a source. Now what do I do? (Write this down.) At the top of your legal pad, write the bibliographical citation. Basic form for PART of a book: Author’s/Editor’s Last Name, First Name, ed. “Article or PART of work.” WHOLE Book Title (in Italics). Vol. #. Publishing City: Publishing Company, Copyright Date. Pages of Article. Type of Source.

Example Citation for Poetry for Students Milne, Ira Mark, ed. “September 1, 1939.” Poetry for Students. Vol. 27. Detroit: Thompson Gale, Print. (Notice that the editor is moved to the front since there are no individual authors for these articles.)

Am I ready to take notes yet? Answer—Yes! As seniors, we use T-notes here at Ridge Point to keep your notes organized. Draw a T in the middle of your legal pad underneath your bibliographical citation. T

Bibliography goes here… NOTES from the book go here… –Put the page number where you found the quote. –You can paraphrase, directly quote, or summarize the info you find. COMMENTARY or ANALYSIS goes here… –This is where knowledge, reading, and analysis of your research title comes in. –This is not from the book, but how YOU connect the info you found back to your research title/text.

Example of Biography T-Notes

Milne, Ira Mark, ed. “September 1, 1939.” Poetry for Students. Vol. 27. Detroit: Thompson Gale, Print. The poet’s full name is Wystan Hugh Auden. Born on February 21, (234). Based on his birthday, Auden lived through two World Wars. This would explain why his poems appear gloomy, using words like “expire,” the “dishonest decade,” and “the unmentionable odour of death”

Milne, Ira Mark, ed. “September 1, 1939.” Poetry for Students. Vol. 27. Detroit: Thompson Gale, Print. Birthplace is York in England, an industrial center. Dad was a doctor; mother a nurse. Liked engineering and science (234). The poem is uses real- life settings from his hometown, like the “dive” on Fifty-Second Street. Perhaps his parents, who were obviously smart and educated, inspired his love of science and engineering.

Auden went of Oxford on a scholarship. Some influence there, however, turned him from science and engineering to writing poetry (234). A group of poets, called the “Auden Group,” wrote with him. Included greats like Spender, Lewis, and MacNeice (235). Auden apparently was extremely gifted. His circle of friends changed his career path. These other poets also wrote about the violence of war. In his poem, the words “psychopathic god” and the fact that children learn to return evil for evil mirrors this violence.

See your teacher or Ms. Folds with any questions you may have. Happy Researching! May will be here before you know it…