I&S 7: The Spread of World Beliefs Children's Book

• Identify key words/phrases for your search. One way to do this is by finding all the nouns.

  • Example: How did the COVID-19 pandemic impact the popularity of the game Animal Crossing?

• Try combining some of the key words/phrases for your search terms.

  • Example: pandemic + popularity + Animal Crossing

• Try different search terms if you don't find what you are looking for the first time.

• Research is a multi-stage process. Reading about your topic will help you generate additional search terms.

  • Examples of additional search terms: Tom Nook, Nintendo Switch, Aya Kyogoku

1) Works Cited entries for online resources should follow this format:

Last name of author, First name of author. "Title of Webpage." Title of Website, Publisher, Publication Date, URL. Date of Access.

Example:

Khan, Imad. “Why Animal Crossing Is the Game for the Coronavirus Moment.” The New York Times, 7 April 2020, https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/arts/animal-crossing-covid-coronavirus-popularity- millennials.html. Accessed 13 November 2024. 

2) When citing a source from a database, look for the Cite button. This creates a citation for you. Be sure to select MLA style!

3) When citing a source from a website, you can create the Works Cited entry yourself or use the citation generator in Google Docs (go to Tools > Citations).

For in-text citations, place the first part of the source's Works Cited entry in parentheses. If the source is a book, include the page number(s). If the source is from a database or website, do not include the page number(s).

Examples:

• ("Muhammad")

• (Broadus)

• (Spielvogel 163)

For more information about MLA-style citations, please visit the Purdue OWL website.