Research and CitationSo you have this assignment, and your teacher wants "credible" research from print and online sources....
And you have to cite everything you source... Well, you have come to the right place! |
ResearchTo search for print resources (books) at the W-O Library, follow the link and enter your search terms: library.wrdsb.ca
Remember that you should always mix and match your keywords to get the most out of your results. Print resources at your W-O library are arranged using the Dewey Decimal Sytem. Fiction (made-up) books can be found using the library.wrdsb.ca website or by browsing the shelves and looking for spine labels that indicate "F" for fiction and the first 3 letters of the author's last name (i.e. Stephen King's novels are F/KIN) Ascending numbers and author last names are part of the sorting process for nonfiction (factual) resources.
Annotated BibliographiesAnnotated Bibliographies are basically a summary of the sources you are using in your research. You can find out more about how to write an effective annotated bibliography here.
Reliable Source? Watch the video below for some great tips to answer this question!
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CitationOnce you have your sources, you need to cite them in MLA, APA, Chicago, or whatever style your teacher requests.
The absolute best website to answer all of your "How do I cite?" questions is the Purdue Online Writing Lab. Below, you will find just a few of the helpful videos Purdue provides for students with citation/formatting questions: |
Online Citation ToolkitTruth be told, citing sources is much easier with the appearance of automatic citation tools like, Easybib, Citation Machine, BibMe, CiteFast, and others.
Remember that most automatic citation websites are businesses--they only offer some content free. Usually MLA is provided, but you may have trouble getting free citation tools for other styles like APA, and Chicago. These tools can be added to Chrome for even more convenient access. Useful Citation Apps
and Extensions ** remember that most web-available automatic citation tools have limitations to what they offer for free--you may have to shop around these websites/apps to find the free style you need.
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Chicago/Turabian Citation Style
Kate L. Turabian's Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (8th ed.) offers a student version of Chicago Style Citation which include slight modifications suited to student texts. If your teacher asks you for "Chicago Style",(most common in History classes), you will likely be formatting your work using Turabian style and structure.
In-text you would use "author-date" and at the end you would have a list of references. APA Citation StyleAPA formatting looks different than other citation styles because of the way the information is arranged in-text and at the end of your writing/presentation because it has a "References" page instead of a "Works Cited".
Social and Behavioral Sciences prefer this formatting because it prioritizes certain pieces of information more than others, i.e. date of publication. Courses that rely heavily on research studies place more importance on the year of publication of the data/information, rather than on something like page number in the in-text citations. That is why there are different styles for different subjects :) Let's talk Copyright!Copyright is the lawful right of an author, artist, composer or other creator to control the use of his or her work by others. Generally speaking, a copyrighted work may not be duplicated, disseminated, displayed, performed, or appropriated by others without the creator's permission.
The FAIR DEALING rules in Canada allow, to a limited degree, some exceptions to the rules of copyright. Copyright does not protect ideas, nor does it protect facts. It protects only the form in which ideas or facts are expressed. Trench Letter Sources
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