Déjà Vu: MLA Citations & Research Skills

Leadership Phase V – February 15, 2010

Agenda

• MLA Documentation Refresher• MLA Q & A• Best Practices for Conducting Research• WTCC Resources

• Books (Online Catalog, eBooks)• Articles (eDatabases - Access/Passwords)

MLA Style: Modern Language Association

6th Edition• Titles Underlined• No medium of publication• URL included for web

publications• Distinction made between

journals with continuous paging and those with issues paged separately

• Unavailable information such as publisher, date, etc. is not noted

Scottsdale Community College - Library Guides Library Guides: Updates to Citation Guide

7th Edition• Titles are italicized• Include a medium of

publication (Print, Web, Film, DVD, etc.).

• Include a URL only when necessary to locate work cited or if your instructor requires it.

• All journal citations use an issue number, regardless of how they are paginated.

• Use abbreviations for Web publications when there is no publisher (N.p.), no date (n.d.), or no pagination (n.pag.) available.

Citing Books (MLA 5.5)

• Book by a Single Author (MLA 5.5.2)

Miller, John G. QBQ!: Question Behind the Question. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2004. Print.

• Book by Two or Three Authors (MLA 5.5.4)

Caruso, David R., and Peter Salovey. The Emotionally Intelligent Manager: How to Develop and Use the Four Key

Emotional Skills of Leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004. Print.

• Book by More than Three Authors (MLA 5.5.4)

Patterson, Kerry, et al. Influencer: The Power to Change Anything. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008. Print.

Citing an Online Book (MLA 5.6.2c)

Sigetich, Andrea, and Carol Leavitt. Play to Your Strengths: Stacking the Deck to Achieve Spectacular Results for Yourself and Others. Franklin Lakes: The Career Press, 2008. NetLibrary. Web. 9 Feb. 2010.

Citing a Journal Article from a subscription service (MLA 5.6.4)

Webb, Kerry S. “Why Emotional Intelligence Should Matter to Management: A Survey of the Literature.” SAM Advanced Management Journal 74.2 (2009): 32-41. Business Source Premier. Web. 9 Feb. 2010.

Webb, Kerry S. "Why Emotional Intelligence Should Matter to Management: A Survey of the Literature." SAM Advanced Management Journal (07497075) 74.2 (2009): 32-41. Business Source Premier. EBSCO. Web. 10 Feb. 2010.

Using MLA Handbook, 7th edition (5.6.4)

“Cite this Article” icon – creates a MLA citation for article (see example)

Citing a Magazine Article from a subscription service (MLA 5.6.4)

Roach, Thomas J. “Leadership versus Control: Every Manager Makes a Choice.” Rock Products 112.5 (2009): 6. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2010.

Citing a Newspaper Article from a subscription service (MLA 5.6.4)

Brown, Paul B. “How Smart is Your Manager?” New York Times 29 Dec. 2007: 5. Newspaper Source Plus.Web. 10 Feb. 2010.

Citing a web site (MLA 5.6.2b)

Citation Guide: Guides for the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles. Scottsdale Community College Library, 30 Jan. 2010. Web. 11 Feb. 2010.

Citing an Article from a web site (MLA 5.6.1)

Purdue OWL. "MLA Formatting and Style Guide." The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 11 Jan. 2010. Web. 11 Feb. 2010.

Citation Resources on the Web

http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/index.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

http://library-guides.scottsdalecc.edu/citation

Citation Resources on the Web

• NCSU/UNC Citation Builder NCSU -- http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/index.php

UNC -- http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/citationbuilder/

• Diana Hacker http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s5.html

• EasyBib http://www.easybib.com/

• KnightCite (Hekman Library, Calvin College)

http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite

• BibMe http://www.bibme.org/

• Noodle Tools http://www.noodletools.com/

Additional Information on Citations

Online Tutorial: Citing Information (UNC Libraries)

http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/citations/

There are a number of websites that will help you format your citations in the various styles. These tools are good places to start, but as a “good rule of thumb,” you should always compare citations from these online tools with the MLA Handbook, 7th edition to check for accuracy.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: MLA, 2009.

Print. 

Best Practices for Conducting Research

• Keyword Searching• Search Connectors

• Boolean Operators• Parentheses, Quotation Marks, Asterisks

• Evaluating Information• Types of Sources• Evaluation Criteria

Best Practices…Keyword Searching & Library Databases

• Keywords = terms or words that help you find information

• Avoid articles, pronouns, prepositions as these words can derail your search such as: • “of, with, the, at, is, on, to, you, it” and more…

• Avoid single letters such as “a” or “I”

http://www.umsl.edu/services/libteach/kwSTL/menu1kwSTL.html

Additional Information on Keyword Searching

Online Tutorial: Keyword Searching in Library Databases

http://www.umsl.edu/services/libteach/kwSTL/menu1kwSTL.html

Best Practices…Search Connectors

• Boolean Operators• AND = narrow search• OR = expand search• NOT = exclude specific words or ideas

• Parentheses• Use with “OR” to search for similar terms

• Quotation Marks• Use for “phrase searching”• Combining keyword terms

• Asterisks • Use as a wildcard symbol to truncate words• Can be used at the root of a word or to replace a letter

http://library.waketech.edu/tutorials/multimedia/infolit2.wmv

Best Practices…Evaluating Information

• Types of Sources• Popular – Magazines & Newspapers• Scholarly/Academic/Peer-Reviewed - Journals

• Evaluation Criteria for Web Sources• Accuracy: Author, Purpose • Authority: Credentials, URL Domain• Objectivity: Goals/Objectives • Currency: Date created, Frequency of updates• Coverage: Cited Information, Fee/Free Info

http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html

Finding Books

• Print• Search the library’s online catalog:

http://library.waketech.edu

• Electronic• Search NC LIVE (http://www.nclive.org)

• NetLibrary – contains over 24,000 titles on a variety of subjects

• MyiLibrary – offers access to over 350 full-text online books on many topics

Finding Articles…journals, magazines, newspapers, etc.

• Off-campus access:• NC LIVE (http://www.nclive.org) • SIRS (http://sks.sirs.com)

• On-campus access only:• JSTOR• ScienceDirect• Cochrane Library

Need Help?

Suvanida Duangudom, MLSReference & Instructional Services Librarian

Main Campus – Howell LibraryPhone: 919-866-5643

Email: sduangudom@waketech.edu