Librarian: Ms. BaconLibrarian’s Assistant: Ms. Eide

Hours: Monday Tuesday Thursday: 7:00 - 3:30Wednesday: 9:00 - 3:30Friday: 7:00 - 3:00

SKYLINE LIBRARY

Report vs. ResearchYou’ve written reports:Definition: a summary with specific details; or an explanation of a situation, event, book, etc.

RESEARCH, A LESSON(THE LIBRARY IS HERE TO HELP MAKE YOU A SUCCESSFUL AND THOUGHTFUL RESEARCHER)

You’ll focus more on researchDefinition: A research paper analyzes a perspective or argues a point.

Regardless of the type of research paper you are writing, your finished research paper should present your own thinking backed up by others' ideas and information. 

In other words…a humanities student writing about the Vietnam War might read newspaper articles and books and interview veterans to develop and/or confirm a viewpoint and support it with evidence

CITING YOUR SOURCES

MLA Formatting and Style

Citation: to make reference to and give credit to a source for use of facts and ideas

DEFINITIONS

In-Text Citation: in a paper, it is the brief note that is included 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 this)

DEFINITIONS…

Works Cited page: the last page of a research paper, it includes full citation information for all sources cited in your paper and no other sources (looks like this)Meaning: if you used information in your research, the source information must appear here

DEFINITIONS…

To be a thoughtful and successful researcher, you need to cite your sourcesMeaning you need to give credit to the sources of information for their FACTS and IDEAS

Facts - example: “13 million skate boarders in the U.S.” (Tony Hawk Foundation)

Ideas – example: Extra greenhouse warming may cause problems for humans, plants, and animals (Environment Protection Agency)

WHAT TO CITE

Suggestion: Use Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab for a thorough reference

Also recommended is using EasyBib (of course, be sure to double-check the formatting)

HOW TO CITE

1) Choose a subject that interests regarding a topic you will study this year (Latin America, Africa, Middle East) or something you studied last year in American history. If nothing interests you, choose something you don’t hate.

Do NOT just choose “Africa” instead choose something like “Islam in Africa”

2) Go to the Skyline Library website via the Skyline webpage.

ASSIGNMENT ONE (5 STEPS)

3) Search the “Library Catalog” for books that have to do with your subject

- if your subject does not show up, don’t stop/quit, search for something related to your subject

4) Write down the TITLE OF THE BOOK and the full CALL NUMBER OF two or three books on your subject on a NEW piece of paper (you will turn this in)

- call numbers look like this: 919.804 NIVREF 599.9 DEE

5) Go to the “Databases” tab on the Skyline Library page look at the different database options and write down the name of a database that you think will contain information on your subject.

- you do NOT need to search the database, but if you would like to from home, you’ll need a password – they can be found if you click on the black star on the library home page

Your assignment should look something like this (if your name was John Smith):