Research and Citing

STEP 2

The TEL (TN ELECTRONIC LIBRARY/GALE) is a tax payer funded, safe place to conduct research. It is a one stop shopping for most research topics. Near the bottom of each page you will find multiple different sources in a variety of formats to support your research. For example, I searched Coca-Cola and found the examples below. Just by typing in Coca-Cola I now have 7 reference materials, 5 biographies, 55 images, 2 videos, 5 audio recordings, 84 magazines, 277 news articles, 3 academic journals (which will come in handy in college) and 2 websites to search and cite!

BTW, the password is "elvis"

But wait, there is more!!

STEP 3

Citing Your Work

You have to give credit to the authors, photographers and developers!

Don't plagiarize!! And the TEL does it for you!

At the bottom of each page you will see a greyed out box. There are several tabs across the top of this box, MLA, APA and Chicago. All you have to do is click the format you are using and the correct citation is there for you to copy and paste.

MLA Example:

"Coca-Cola Company." Gale In Context Online Collection, Gale, 2020. Gale In Context: High School,

https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/OYAPXU509620446/SUIC?u=tel_k_sulleast&sid=SUIC&xid=ae3c169f.

Accessed 24 Aug. 2020.

But what if I found my sources somewhere else? What if it is an actual book from the library? Don't stress, the links below will allow you to cite your work easily. Mrs. Hatcher can also show you how to do this using the ISBN on the back of the book.

Some basic rules for MLA Work Cited lists are:

• All citations should be double spaced
• Indent after the first line of each entry (hanging indent)
• Entries are not numbered; Alphabetize by the first word of the entry
• If no author is listed, begin with title
• Italics must be used for titles of books and periodicals (If italics are used, the font must be obviously different from the standard print)
• Capitalize titles of books and articles according to convention, no matter how they appear in a database or catalog
• Editions of books are noted after the title in the following format: 2nd ed. First editions are not listed as such. If no edition is listed, omit the edition section
• Dates are in Day Month Year format (e.g. 12 Dec. 1992) with all months abbreviated to three letters followed by a period (Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., Aug., Oct., Nov., Dec.) except May, June, and July, which are left as is and Sept.
• Page numbers in MLA are sometimes shortened. If the page numbers are three or more digits, shorten the second number to two digits when possible. Examples: 8-9; 44-49; 112-23; 492-506; 1253-66.
• Omit http:// when using electronic sources.
• For database sources, use the permalink as the URL.

Some basic rules for APA References lists are:

• All citations should be double spaced; Indent after the first line of each entry
• Alphabetize by the first word of the entry; entries are not numbered
• Editions of books are noted after the title in the following format: (2nd ed.) First editions are not listed as such. If no edition is listed, omit the edition section
• Italics must be used for book and periodical titles
• Capitalize ONLY the first word of a title, the first word of a subtitle, and proper nouns in titles of books and articles, no matter how they appear in a database or catalog
• Use the abbreviations p. or pp. only for multi-page newspaper articles, encyclopedia entries, and chapters or articles in edited books; Do not use the abbreviation p. or pp. (or any other abbreviation) for magazine and journal articles
• Dates are in Year, Month Day format (e.g., 1999, December 20)
• If no author is listed, begin with title
• Date is in parenthesis after the author's name (or title if no author is listed)
• Use (n.d.) if no date is given
• Personal Communication includes: private letters, memos, some electronic communication (i.e. email or messages from non-archival discussion groups), personal interviews, telephone conversations, etc. These types of communication are not recoverable data and therefore should not be included on the Reference page. Cite personal communications in text only

So where did Mrs. Hatcher get this info?

Source: Anonymous. (n.d.). Citation Guide: Home. Retrieved August 25, 2020, from https://libguides.dixie.edu/c.php?g=57887