The document provides instruction on researching the topic "New Historicism Research paper using Classical Literature" for a class, including how to find relevant sources through the library website and databases rather than Google or Wikipedia, how to create an annotated bibliography in Word, and the importance of citing sources to avoid plagiarism. It also gives an example of an annotated bibliography entry in MLA format and contact information for the professor, Nicholas Jackson, for any additional research assistance needs.

1. LIBRARY INSTRUCTION
Prof. Jackson
You may call me Nicholas…
Prof. Jackson is my father.

2. Goals for the Class
 Finding relevant and  Create and develop
authoritative sources an Annotated works
through the Library’s cited page.
website on you’re  Using MS Word to
topic: “New Historicism begin a draft of an
Research paper using annotated work
Classical Literature” cited page.
 Thou shall not Google!
 Or use Wikipedia.
 Evaluate your sources!

3. New Historicism
 “This school, influenced by structuralist and
post-structuralist theories, seeks to reconnect a
work with the time period in which it was
produced and identify it with the cultural and
political movements of the time. New
Historicism assumes that every work is a
product of the historic moment that created it.”
 Purdue Owl

4. Annotated Works Cited Page
• WHAT IS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY?
– “An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to
books, articles, and documents. Each citation is
followed by a brief (usually about 150 words)
descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the
annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to
inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and
quality of the sources cited.”
• Cornell University Library

5. Example
• Journal Citation. MLA Format.
– Waite, Linda J., Frances Kobrin Goldscheider, and Christina Witsberger. "Nonfamily Living and the
Erosion of Traditional Family Orientations Among Young Adults." American Sociological Review 51.4
(1986): 541-554. Print. The authors, researchers at the Rand Corporation and Brown University, use
data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Young Women and Young Men to test their hypothesis
that nonfamily living by young adults alters their attitudes, values, plans, and expectations, moving
them away from their belief in traditional sex roles. They find their hypothesis strongly supported in
young females, while the effects were fewer in studies of young males. Increasing the time away from
parents before marrying increased individualism, self-sufficiency, and changes in attitudes about
families. In contrast, an earlier study by Williams cited below shows no significant gender differences
in sex role attitudes as a result of nonfamily living.
– Cornell University Library

6. Find Articles/Electronic Resources
 General Database:  Subject Database:
 Academic Search  Bloom's Literary Reference
Premier Online
 JSTOR: Language & Literature
 Literary Criticism:
 Literary Reference Center
 Gale Literary Index
(EBSCO)
 Literature For Students Online
 Literature Resource Center
(Gale)
 Salem Literature

7. Find Books/Reserves/Media​
 Searching by…
 Keyword: Such as “New Historicism”
 Classical Literature: Author, Title, Subject

8. GIVE CREDIT & DO NOT PLAGIARIZE
 Citing Your Sources…
 Click on Citation Guides from the Library’s
Home Page.
 You will see links for how to cite In-Text, how to
cite Work Cited, and a Sample Paper cited in
MLA style.
 Other Citation Tools: Such as EasyBib, Citation
Machine, etc

9. More…
 Further Assistance:  Nicholas Jackson
 Library1 on 1  njackson@bergen.edu
 Ask a Question
 Phone: 201-447-7889