The document outlines the schedule and resources for junior students completing their term paper, including three days set aside for research and writing in the library and an optional fourth day. It also reviews MLA citation style, demonstrates how to properly cite sources when using NoodleTools and citing reprinted works, and includes a hands-on activity where students work in groups to practice citing assigned essays.
Basic slides for information literacy session for ENGL 301 - Critical Methods in the Study of Literature, University of Maryland Libraries, Spring 2012. Tim Hackman, Librarian for English and Linguistics
Basic slides for information literacy session for ENGL 301 - Critical Methods in the Study of Literature, University of Maryland Libraries, Spring 2012. Tim Hackman, Librarian for English and Linguistics
Blogging Domestication - Living With Animals March 2013Amy Nelson
Connected Learning Presentation for the inaugural Living with Animals Conference at Eastern Kentucky University in March 2013. (http://livingwithanimals.eku.edu/)
Basic slides for information literacy session for ENGL 301 - Critical Methods in the Study of Literature, University of Maryland Libraries, Spring 2012. Tim Hackman, Librarian for English and Linguistics
Basic slides for information literacy session for ENGL 301 - Critical Methods in the Study of Literature, University of Maryland Libraries, Spring 2012. Tim Hackman, Librarian for English and Linguistics
Blogging Domestication - Living With Animals March 2013Amy Nelson
Connected Learning Presentation for the inaugural Living with Animals Conference at Eastern Kentucky University in March 2013. (http://livingwithanimals.eku.edu/)
This introductory lesson introduces students to the Harpeth Hall library and resources. An emphasis on evaluating information found online is included in the form of the C.A.R.P. method for evaluating online information.
A resource to help students differentiate from primary and secondary sources and understand the larger concept that secondary sources are derived from primary sources.
Part of a video tutorial on how to cite using MLA style. A very basic guide designed for college freshmen.
The video can be found here: http://go.knovio.com/watch/f2a2f5a71de24b5d93dd3f254c9c0feb
A quick guide to basic MLA style citations and formatting. You can find a link to the accompanying video on the library's tutorials page: http://www.stu.edu/lib/Research/CitationStyleManuals/Tutorials/tabid/3872/Default.aspx
This session is designed to help you find the books and journal articles you need quickly and easily, using library catalogues and online academic resources. It explains the various scholary format and offers tips on active reading and notemaking.
2. The Junior Term Paper
Library Schedule
• Day 3: Full block- Research and work day
• Day 4: Full block- Research and work day
• Day 5: Optional full block- research and work day
Need help? See me!
3. Outline: Class II
Citing Sources
• MLA citation style
• NoodleTools: Works Cited and Note Cards
• Citing reprinted sources
• Video
• Hands on activity: Groups of 2
4. MLA Citation Style
Modern Language Association Citation Styles
http://www.mla.org/style APA
“MLA style for documentation is Chicago
widely used in the humanities,
especially in writing on language
Blue Book
and literature. Generally simpler
and more concise than other
styles, MLA style features brief
parenthetical citations in the
text keyed to an alphabetical list
of works cited that appears at
the end of the work.” (mla.org)
5. NoodleTools
Note Cards Works Cited
• Share note cards with • Make sure you are using
your teacher. MLA Advanced
• Include annotation/ • Consult the MLA manual,
personal notes for each MLA website, or
note card Purdue’s the OWL for
• Remember to create citation questions
citation first, in order to • Be sure to share your
link note card to works cited with Mrs.
resource Bernet!
7. Reprinted Citations
How to
Step 1: Identify original source (i.e. first publication)
• Citation 1
Step 2: Determine type of reprinted source (ex.
medium of second printing = journal, database,
book, or anthology)
• Citation 2
Step 3. Where did you find it?
• Citation 3
8. Example Citation
Bauer, Helen Pike. "The Short and Graceful Life."
Cross Currents 48.3 (1998): 404-06. Rpt. in
Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Janet Witalec.
Vol. 166. Detroit: Gale, 2003. N. pag. Literature
Resource Center. Web. 3 Feb. 2013.
Original Source?
<hhttp://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CH11
00045827&v=2.1&u=tel_k_harpeth&it=r&p=LitRC&s
w=w>.
9. Step 1: Identify Original Source
• Note: Title, Author, and Original Publication Source
(ex. book, journal, anthology, magazine, etc…)
10. Step 2: Select reprinted medium
Is original source a journal
or magazine? A book or
anthology?
Look it up online!
11. Step 3: Where did you find this article?
Literature Resource Center,
JSTOR, Salem Press
Literature, Twayne’s,, etc…
12. Hands On Activity
• In groups of two, evaluate the
essay assigned to you
• Work together to create a
properly formatted citation
Editor's Notes
* Mrs. Bernet is always available for individual consultations and library research support.
http://dickens.ucsc.edu/resources/faq/poor.html Dickens and Poor Law secondary resource
“The Modern Language Association publishes two guides for writing and documenting research. The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers provides guidance for high school and undergraduate students who are preparing research papers for academic credit. The MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing advises graduate students, scholars, and professional writers on the protocols of advanced research writing, peer review, and publication.” (mla.org)
Literature Criticism Online - Works Cited for Books From: seminolestatelib (Seminole State Library)
-The original source can been a journal article or an essay from a book or reference book. It could also be a newspaper article.Ex. JSTOR, 19th Century
Original Source = Firs Publication listed after author and title.