1. Aim: How do we begin the research process? Do Now: What are your ideas for your research question? Share them with a partner.

2. Primary vs. Secondary Sources Your primary source will be the text that you’ve chosen to focus on. The secondary sources will be books, chapters, articles, essays, criticisms, etc that are related to your primary source. For Example: If you working on Hamlet, your primary source will be Hamlet and your secondary sources will be essays or articles on Hamlet, such as T.S. Eliot’s essay, “Hamlet and His Problems” and Ernest Jones’ book, Hamlet and Oedipus. Hamlet By William Shakespeare “Hamlet and His Problems” By T.S. Eliot Hamlet and Oedipus By Ernest Jones

3. Verifying a source. You must look for key facts about your source in order to use it: Author Credible Institution Publication Copyright Date or Date of Publication.edu and.gov Going online…

4. MLA Format – Citing a Book Book Last name, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Kesey, Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. New York: New American Library, 1962. Print. Can you provide a citation for As I Lay Dying?

5. MLA Format – Citing an Online Source Author and/or editor names (if available) Article name in quotation marks (if applicable) Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers. Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date. Take note of any page numbers (if available). Medium of publication. Date you accessed the material. URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require a URL).

6. MLA Format – Citing an Online Source Online Source Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access. Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003. Web. 10 May 2006. Useful links: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/ http://lib.gccaz.edu/lmc/help/citations/MLACiteElec.pdf

7. Still unsure? Email me your source or link… mailto:nmiletic@schools.nyc.gov Be sure to indicate why you might want to use this source and your reasons for not being sure about it. If you send me an email with just a web address and no explanation, I will not respond.