Skyline Library Librarian Ms Bacon Library Assistant Ms
Skyline Library Librarian: Ms. Bacon Library Assistant: Ms. Kruper
Hours: beginning next week Monday 7: 40 am – 4: 30 pm Tuesday 7: 40 am – 4: 30 pm Wednesday 9: 40 am – 4: 30 pm Thursday 7: 40 am – 4: 30 pm Friday 7: 40 am – 3: 30 pm
Research ▪ Report Writing ▪ Summary ▪ with specific details ▪ Explanation ▪ of a situation, event, book, etc. ▪ Research ▪ Analyze a perspective or argue a point ▪ present your own thinking (thesis) backed by others' ideas, research, and findings
▪ So… …if writing about the Vietnam War, you’d read newspaper articles and books and interview veterans to develop and/or confirm a viewpoint and support it with evidence Finding and citing sources is the key to good research.
Citing your research MLA Formatting and Style
Definitions ▪ Citation: make reference to and give credit to a source for use of facts and ideas
Definitions… ▪ In-Text Citation: the brief note so the reader: ▪ 1) knows the fact/idea came from another source ▪ 2) can look at your Works Cited page and find the exact location of the idea/fact looks like…
Definitions ▪ Works Cited: ▪ the last page of a research paper, includes full citation information for all sources cited in your paper and no other sources looks like…
The Assignment Do three activities via the Skyline Library website. Due tomorrow at the start of class.
Assignment:
Library Home Page Accessing Databases from Home: Passwords and KCLS access info can be found by clicking on the black star on the library home page
KCLS Databases (via Library page > Databases & e. Books) ▪ Access info:
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