American Authors
11 Honors English Research Project
Database passwords plus lots of resources related to research are located in the Library Resources for Students Schoology group. |
Sources: Print and e-books
Click here to be directed to resources in the Schoology group related to citing books using ISBN #s. |
Sources: Databases
Search multiple Gale databases at once with a PowerSearch.
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How to do a Gale PowerSearch
Enter your keywords into the search widget box. Log in with the Gale password After results appear, you will notice that magazine results appear first, with additional articles broken down by Content Types (as shown in image to right). You can limit results by publication date and document type. When you expand the "Subjects" list, you will see topics related to the one you are searching, which will lead to additional articles. Click "Related Resources" at the top of an article to see additional articles (they also appear at the bottom). To cite an article: Click "Citation Tools" to locate the MLA 8 citation that can be directly exported to Noodletools (directions in Schoology). The permanent URL to the article is contained within the citation. |
Sources: Citing
Refer to resources in the Noodletools/Citation folder in Schoology for help with citing various sources. To eliminate sources from a final works cited: Options-Edit. Remove the check from the box at the bottom of the page. |
PARENTHETICAL (IN-TEXT) CITATIONS:
What typically goes in an MLA-style parenthetical reference?
The information that you need to include depends on what type of source the material comes from. For printed material, you normally only need to include the author(s) (or title if there is no author) and page number(s) in your reference. For multi-volume works like encyclopedias, you may also need to include a volume number (see Rules 6 and 7 below). For Internet sources, sometimes paragraph numbers are provided.
Placement - The parentheses are usually placed at the end of a sentence, between the last word and the period. If you are quoting material directly, the parentheses should go between the closing quotation mark and the period.
- Noodletools can help you format your in-text references. Click the "In-text reference" link to the right of each completed citation. A box will pop up and will show you an example of a parenthetical reference for the source you cited, along with the other general tips listed below:
What typically goes in an MLA-style parenthetical reference?
The information that you need to include depends on what type of source the material comes from. For printed material, you normally only need to include the author(s) (or title if there is no author) and page number(s) in your reference. For multi-volume works like encyclopedias, you may also need to include a volume number (see Rules 6 and 7 below). For Internet sources, sometimes paragraph numbers are provided.
Placement - The parentheses are usually placed at the end of a sentence, between the last word and the period. If you are quoting material directly, the parentheses should go between the closing quotation mark and the period.