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How do you punctuate titles of books and other long works in MLA

Italicize the title and quotations

What helpful information might be found on your school library website

Links to databases and other references and online catalogs

What documentation Starr will you be using for your research paper?

MLA

All months are abbreviated, except for which three

May, June, July

Why is Wikipedia not considered inappropriate source for scholarly research? How much is the benefit for using sources like Wikipedia?

On Wikipedia, people can change the information, and at the bottom of the page it can point you to other websites

Define primary source.

Original sources of information Written by those who had firsthand experience Evidence left behind by participants or observers

What is an excerpt?

Portion of an article pulled out to read

How are sources used to inform and support your argument?

Provide background information on Contacts, explain terms or concepts, supporting your claims, lending authority to your argument, anticipating encountering objects

List three different ways that research sources might be used in your paper

Provide background information, explain terms, and provide evidence

How do you punctuate titles of articles or shorter works?

Quotations

What is an abstract?

Short summary of the work

How might citations listed at the end of articles be helpful to you?

Shortcuts to additional reliable sources on your topic

Explain the difference between summary and paraphrase

Summary - shorter than original. Paraphrase - same length as original.

when scanning search results online, what clues let you know about the relevance currency in reliability of a web source

Tight, date, URL and indication

When using the web, what are some ways to narrow your search?

Used terms that are specific and close terms in quotation marks and use .com

how does the MLA system work?

We're excited and parentheticals citation

What is unintentional plagiarism? How might a writer avoid the situation?

You forget where I helpful idea, came from, put quotations around borrowed words

Define secondary source

any source that provides commentary on the primary source

What should you do when using a sources exact words?

direct quotes

Which version of an online store should you use for your research?

full text

What is it working bibliography

keeping a record of each source you read or view

does MLA require the place of publication?

no

List and describe for things to consider when evaluating potential sources

relevance- it is related to the topic currency - publication date Credibility - where it is from Length and depth - if short may not be useful

What are some differences between scholarly source and popular source?

scholarly is formal, uses references, and uses previous studies. Popular will have a title, no work cited, and no original research.

how would you correctly write out university press, and MLA documentation

up

What is a thesis statement? Where does your thesis appear on your paper? Why do we call your first draft of working thesis?

A thesis statement as one sentence it appears at the beginning, and you're still working on it

When, in doubt, as to whether or not to cite a source, what should you do?

Cite it

What types of information should not be cited?

Common knowledge and your analysis

What types of information should be cited?

Direct quotes, summary, or paraphrase specific facts

List three accident considered plagiarism

Failing to cite sources, failing to put summaries and paraphrase, fountain, close bar, language, and quotation.

When choosing an appropriate research question or topic, what three things should take in consideration

Focused, challenging, grounding

If an article does not appear on consecutive pages, how do you indicate the page numbers in MLA format?

Give the number of the first page, followed by a +

What is not a good topic for a research paper?

If it's too broad, and opinion, or too small

When is the only time you were required to provide the date of access for Web source?

If the web source has a date

Define research strategy

Is systematic place for locating sources

How might you determine whether sources scholarly? Why is this important?

It goes more in depth there's footnotes there's a work cited, original work and formal language