http://members.home.nl/ja.goris/Beowulf.jpg
http://members.home.nl/ja.goris/Beowulf.htm
Retrieved from:PicSearch.com
Beowulf and Grendel:
MLA Format…
Begin with the end in mind.
Searching the Online Catalog
REMINDERS:
• Avoid these common mistakes
– Author keyword
– Using a phrase or question
– Too narrow a search term
– Misspellings
http://www.canmag.com/images/front/
movies20074/beowulf1.jpg
http://www.canmag.com/nw/8437beowulf-production-photos Retrieved
from: PicSearch.com
MLA Citation Format
• What is it? Format of the Modern Language Association
• When is it used? Most English and History papers
• Today we’ll concentrate on :
Books
and
Databases
Books:
One or two authors:
Author(s) [Last name, first name and first name last name].
Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Print.
EXAMPLE:
Sherrow, Victoria. The World Trade Center Bombing: Terror in
the Towers. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc.,
1998. Print.
Article in a Reference book:
Author or editor. Title of set. Volume number.
Place of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page numbers.
Print.
EXAMPLE:
Lazzari, Marie, ed.
Epics for Students. Vol. 1.
1997. 25-48. Print.
New York: Gale,
Okay, now you find a book source and
cite it correctly!
• When you’ve finished, show one of us to get it
checked.
Databases
Which would you use?
(Hint: Look through the brochure)
* List 3 databases that you’ll try for
this project.
Recommended Databases
• InfoTrac
– PowerSearch
– Gale Biography in Context
• EBSCO Host
– Literary Reference Center
• NetTrekker
– Reviewed links to web content
Simple Searching
• Always choose full text!
• Example: Grendel in Literary Reference Center
• Example: John Gardner in Biography Resource
Center
More Advanced Searching
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Advanced Search
Wildcard (*)
Phrase searches (“xxx xxx”)
Subject versus keyword
Still choose full text
InfoTrac
– Gale Biography in Context (scroll to bottom)
– PowerSearch
• Choose your databases!
• Example: Advanced Search Beowulf (Subject keyword) AND
John Gardner(keyword) NOT “book review” (keyword)
FULL TEXT
Article from a Database:
Author. “Title of Article.”JournalName
volumenumber.issuenumber (Date of
Publication):pages. Name of Database. Web.
Date of Access.
Gerritsen, Johan. “Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript.”
English Studies v.79. 1 (Jan 1998):82-87.
Literary Reference Center. Web. 6 Nov, 2010.
Discover an article from a database that
will help with your project. Cite it
correctly and show us.
Pictures, Maps, Graphs, etc.
Pictures, Maps, Graphs, etc. should be labeled Figure (Fig.) and
given an Arabic numeral (1,2,3..) and a caption with author, title,
and source (usually found directly below the image in Google
Image) directly below the illustration; one inch margins; if you give
complete information in the caption, you do not need to list it in
your Works Cited unless you’ve used it for other information in
your paper. Example:
.
Fig. 1
http://egospew.com/blog/wpcontent/uploads/2007/06/grendel.jpg
Now, it’s your turn again…find an image
and cite it correctly….don’t forget to
show one of us when you are finished.
QUESTIONS?