Research for Islanders

What does MLA stand for?

• Modern Language Association

• Modern Love Advocate

MLA is only for English Class in High School

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is a Source?

• Materials about movies

• Materials about people

• Any material that can provide information

• materials about English

The Works Cited Page is always alphabetized by Author's last name.

• True

• False

Why must we use only reliable and valid sources?

• We can just use any information we want

• It's a waste of research time

• Keeps the integrity of the work

• we don't need to use them

What is plagiarism?

• borrowing someone's stuff

• acknowledging someone's work

• giving back to the person

• stealing someone elses work as your own

Where can we find information in the Library for resources?

• At the Circulation Desk

• At the dedicated computers for OPAC and EBSCO Host

• Online data base and books

• All of these choices

You must pay a small fee to use the EBSCOHost data base

• True

• False

When you pull a book out from the shelf what should you do with it?

• Put it anywhere on the shelf so no one else can find it

• Put it back where you got it on the shelf where others can find it by its Call Number

• Put it on the desk so someone can find it there

• Put it on top of the shelf so someone can find it there

What are the types of citations you will do for your research paper?

• at the beginning of the paper only

• In-text and end-of-text

• texting a person

• At the end of the paper only