Last week we discussed how to go useful research for Paper #2, and this week I gave you a handout showing you how to cite various sources according to MLA format. I've posted this information below for your reference. Please look this over before starting your paper to make the business of doing research much easier!
FINDING SOURCES FOR PAPER #2 (and all other papers!)
Three Great Places to Start
- Linschied Library: EBSCO Discovery Service
- Wikipedia (the Links and Sources)
- Google Scholar (not just Google!)
EBSCO DISCOVERY SERVICE
- Use this like Google and type in your search terms. For example, “Serenbe Community” (from our second essay, “Youtopia”).
- You’ll get a number of articles from recent journals, newspapers, and books. Click on “full text” on the left hand side to make sure you’ll have access to all of the articles. Then find the one that looks most interesting to you.
- For example, I found this one: Phil Hudson, “Only in the AJC Serenbe Community: Culture and Community Coverge and Serenbe,” Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2018. You can read this entire article by clicking on the Full-Text link to the left.
- Look at the “Tools” on the right hand side: this allow you to print the article, e-mail to yourself, save it to your computer, or even cite it! It will show you exactly how to cite the article for your Works Cited page!
WIKIPEDIA
- Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia which is available for anyone to edit; therefore, it cannot be a reliable source in and of itself.
- Instead, search for an article and look at the bottom of the entry, where it says “See Also” and “References.” These are often links to actual articles and sites that the article used as research, and now pass onto you. These are a great place to start learning about your paper’s conversation.
- For
example, in the “See Also” section of “Tourism,” I clicked on
“Overtourism,” since that seemed like an interesting topic. That led me to
a new page which also had great References, such as the article by
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
- Works just like Google, except it’s geared to find more scholarly articles and websites that will be useful for college-level writing and research.
- For
example, I searched for “Overtourism” and found dozens of great articles,
such as “
Citing Sources in Paper #2 (a quick MLA Guide)
For more information about citation, visit the Purdue OWL’s website: owl.purdue.edu. Click on “Purdue OWL” on the top, and then choose “Research and Citation” on the left-hand side. Click on “MLA” and then choose “MLA Formatting and Style Guide.” This will show you every possible situation you might need to cite. Some basic ones that you will probably use in Paper #2 follow:
AN ARTICLE DISCOVERED THROUGH EBSCO, etc.
Phil W.Hudson, For the AJC, Staff. “ONLY IN THE AJC SERENBE
C
A
Daughter of Danang. Directed by Gail Dolgin and
Vicente Franco. PBS, 2002.
AN ARTICLE OR PAGE ON A
Williams, Starlight & McAndrews, Mary Beth. “8 Places to
Visit if you Love Star Wars.” National Geographic. National Geographic
Society, 2022. 8 places to visit if you love ‘Star Wars’
(nationalgeographic.com). Accessed
AN INTERVIEW
Smith, Jane. Personal interview.
A YOU TUBE VIDEO
McGonigal, Jane. “Gaming and Productivity.” YouTube, uploaded
by Big Think,
A PODCAST
“Best of Not My Job Musicians.” Wait Wait…Don’t Tell
Me! from NPR,
ALSO, remember that when citing a source in your paper, it should look something like this:
In the 2002 film, Daughter of Danang, after refusing to answer the letters of her mother and daughter, Heidi tells the director that “I’ve closed the door…but it isn’t locked” (Dolgin & Franco). This is important because…
Introduce all quotations with context, quote or reference something specific from the source, and then cite the source in a way so it connects with your Works Cited page.
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