MLA Style Modern Languages Association

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Basics
Research
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Define your topic

• Decide the specific area of research
• - What do you know already?
• - What is available for you?
• What would you like to know more about?
• Read your directions

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Strategies

• OPAC
• Encyclopedia
• Reference works (R)
• Biographies (B)
• Databases (online)
• Video
• Periodicals
• Internet

• What sources could you use?

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Locate Information

• Where do you think you could find the necessary
  information?
• Go to where the information should be located -
• get up and move.. )

• Use Table of Contents and
  Indexes to locate information within sources.
• Pick keywords, phrases and facts to use for
  additional research.

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Use the Information!

• Read ? ? ? ?
• Listen ? ? ? ?
• View ? ?
• Extract - edit - (use what
  you need take notes)

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Synthesis

• Organize information from your sources
• Use your note cards or research note sheets - put
  similar information together
• Make sure you have your sources documented (
  author, title, publication information, URLs
  (Universal Resource Locator web site address)
• Write your paper. (present information)

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EvaluationWhat is expected?Rubrics required
elements How will you be graded?
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Boolean Searching

• Searching the Internet and databases.

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AND
music
USA
Music in the USA
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Or
This will search for both words Get BIG
results Everything in music everything
about the USA
USA
Music
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NOT
USA
music
music - but none from USA
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Use quotes

• glue
• phrase,
• Person/place name,
• title

The BAND
bare
ladies
naked
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APA Style for writing research papersin
the Sciences
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APA StyleResources

• APA pamphlets available in the library
• APA Guide books in the Reference section
• APA guide online see the Library Media Center
  website

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General APA format

• Book
• Author last name, first.(year).Title of
• publication in Italics - or underlined. Place
  of
• publication Publisher.
• Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia name. (edition).(year). (Vol.).
• Place of publication Publisher

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• Periodicals - magazines journals
• Author. (date). Title of article. Title of
• journal in italics. Vol. Pages used.
• Online resources are similar
• Add the URL .
• http//www.__________________.edu

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Note differences from MLA style used in
English/arts classes

• . References have first line indent year of
  pub. in parenthesis
• - Justification on left side
• Teacher preferences take precedence

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MLA StyleModern Languages Association

• Writing Research Papers
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MLA Style

• Booklets for bibliographic format available in
  the library.
• Sample citation guides online
• http//www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4184
• http//webster.commnet.edu.mla.htm