Begin with the end in mind. Beowulf and Grendel: MLA Format… Retrieved from:PicSearch.com

Searching the Online Catalog REMINDERS: Avoid these common mistakes – Author keyword – Using a phrase or question – Too narrow a search term – Misspellings movies20074/beowulf1.jpg beowulf-production-photos Retrieved from: PicSearch.com

MLA Citation Format What is it? Format of the Modern Language Association When is it used? Most English and History papers Today we’ll concentrate on : Books and Databases

Books: One or two authors : Author(s) [Last name, first name and first name last name]. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Print. EXAMPLE: Sherrow, Victoria.The World Trade Center Bombing: Terror in Springfield, NJ:Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1998.Print. the Towers.

Article in a Reference book: Author or editor. Title of set. Volume number. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page numbers. Print. EXAMPLE: Lazzari, Marie, ed. Epics for Students. Vol. 1. New York: Gale, Print.

Okay, now you find a book source and cite it correctly! When you’ve finished, show one of us to get it checked.

Databases Which would you use? (Hint: Look through the brochure) * List 3 databases that you’ll try for this project.

Recommended Databases InfoTrac – PowerSearch – Gale Biography in Context EBSCO Host – Literary Reference Center NetTrekker – Reviewed links to web content

Simple Searching Always choose full text! Example: Grendel in Literary Reference CenterLiterary Reference Center Example: John Gardner in Biography Resource CenterBiography Resource Center

More Advanced Searching Advanced Search Wildcard (*) Phrase searches (“xxx xxx”) Subject versus keyword Still choose full text InfoTrac – Gale Biography in Context (scroll to bottom) – PowerSearch Choose your databases! Example: Advanced Search Beowulf (Subject keyword) AND John Gardner(keyword) NOT “book review” (keyword) FULL TEXT

Article from a Database: Author. “Title of Article.”JournalName volumenumber.issuenumber (Date of Publication):pages. Name of Database. Web. Date of Access. Gerritsen, Johan.“Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript.” English Studiesv.79.1(Jan 1998): Literary Reference Center.Web.6 Nov, 2010.

Discover an article from a database that will help with your project. Cite it correctly and show us.

Pictures, Maps, Graphs, etc. Pictures, Maps, Graphs, etc. should be labeled Figure (Fig.) and given an Arabic numeral (1,2,3..) and a caption with author, title, and source (usually found directly below the image in Google Image) directly below the illustration; one inch margins; if you give complete information in the caption, you do not need to list it in your Works Cited unless you’ve used it for other information in your paper. Example:. Fig. 1 content/uploads/2007/06/grendel.jpg

Now, it’s your turn again…find an image and cite it correctly….don’t forget to show one of us when you are finished.

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