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How to find and cite sources

How to find and cite sources. Researching tips and MLA formatting. What does “academic” mean?. Academic = Examples: Wikipedia? An article from an . edu site? A blog? A journal article?. Where can you find academic sources?. Google books or Google Scholar Any . edu website

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How to find and cite sources

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  1. How to find and cite sources Researching tips and MLA formatting

  2. What does “academic” mean? • Academic = • Examples: • Wikipedia? • An article from an .edu site? • A blog? • A journal article?

  3. Where can you find academic sources? • Google books or Google Scholar • Any .edu website • Local library • Ask the “reference desk” if you need help

  4. How do you cite a source? • MLA uses parenthetical citations when citing in the body of the essay: • Ex. Will you turn the parlour off?" he asked. 
"That's my family. (Bradbury 73). • At the end of your paper, include a “bibliography” that lists all of the sources you used in your paper. • Follow this formula: • Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

  5. Bibliography Entry Examples: • Book example • Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. • Website example • "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." eHow. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009. • Articlecexample • Bagchi, Alaknanda. "Conflicting Nationalisms: The Voice of the Subaltern in Mahasweta Devi's BashaiTudu." Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature 15.1 (1996): 41-50. Print.

  6. Practice! • Using the article you’ve been given, try to cite it properly. • Here is the correct answer: • Kirkorian, Heather L., Ellen Wartella, and Daniel R. Anderson. “Media and Young Children's Learning.” Children and Electronic Media 18.1 (Spring 2008): 39-54.

  7. Online MLA Resources • Purdue OWL (online writing lab) • BibMe: Bibliography Maker • MLA.org

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