2004-05 HANDBOOK FOR STUDENTS

The Walter Jones Library

At

Moses Brown School

Written, printed and distributed by

The Walter Jones Library Staff

Moses Brown School

October 15, 2004

Why would I want to go to the library?

• To find a quiet place to study
• To ask for help with a research project
• To get suggestions for great books to read
• To find a free computer
• To study with my study group
• To read a magazine or book
• To find out my Internet password
• To use the copier and other production supplies

The friendly staff in The Walter Jones Library offers you all of that and more. In this handbook, you will find guides to research, helpful hints, and the format for proper citations. All suggestions for improvements and additions will be warmly welcomed!

What will I find in this handbook?

• General Information about hours and staff
• Rules and Courtesies
• The Library and How to Use It
  • Floorplan of the WJ Library
  • Using the Electronic Catalog: Hints
  • Symbols on a book spine
  • Dewey Numbers (good for browsing)
  • General questions and answers about materials
  • The Research Process for Writing Good Papers
• Technology 
  • Online Services: How to Get There and What They Are
  • General questions and answers about technology
• Citations for PRINT Sources
• Citations for ELECTRONIC Sources

GENERAL INFORMATION

Who staffs The Walter Jones Library?

Mrs. Judith Lewis, Director of Library Services

Dr. Dorothy Brightman, Librarian and A-V Coord.

Mrs. Melanie Lindell, Library Assistant

Your energetic and enthusiastic library staff is one of the keys to finding the materials you need. Be sure to ask for help!

When is the library open?

The library is open each day that Moses Brown School is in session between September and June, according to the following schedule:

Mon-Thurs 7:30 to 5:00

Friday 7:30 to 3:30

Occasionally, the library closes for special events like all-school faculty meetings and other unavoidable conflicts. Librarians will always try to notify the MB community through the upper school DIB and middle school morning announcements.

RULES AND COURTESIES

What are the library rules?

Mostly, we want the library to be a safe and smoothly functioning facility that everyone can use with comfort. Thus, you should leave your “space” ready for the next user. Throwing away your papers, reshelving your books, and cleaning off computer desktops are all helpful. Here are the rules:

Talk quietly or whisper on the main floor!

Be totally silent on the balcony!  

Clean up your work space before leaving!

No food or drink!  

No cell phone conversations – if it rings take it outdoors!

Walk, don’t run!  

Never throw anything!  

Walkmen, if nobody else can hear them, are okay.

Hats, unless you are here with a class, are okay.

Obey the Ethical Use Policy – NO GAMES!

 Be courteous

May I bring food or drink into the library?

The answer is “NO.” Most libraries prohibit food and drink in order to safeguard materials, equipment, and the facility. During the school day, food and drink are not permitted in the WJ Library, except behind the counter and, in special, pre-approved cases, in the conference room.

Why? The old reason used to be because food crumbs or sugars will attract bugs. When there is no more food, bugs will eat the glue in library books. In addition, there is a new reason….spilling food or drink into computers and other equipment can be devastating.

THE LIBRARY AND HOW TO USE IT

What is in The Walter Jones Library?

Lots of great materials can be found in the WJ Library facility! Even more is available to you from your home computers through online subscriptions purchased by the library for your use. Here is a list of some of the highlights:

• 25,000 books including a significant, up-to-date Reference section with tons of current information
• Audio-books – great for trips or long commutes
• Great online services – and help signing on to them
• Laptops you can sign out in an emergency
• A file of pamphlets and booklets about Quakers
• Time and Newsweek from 1968, and other misc. periodicals in print format – great for history papers
• National Geographic from 1912 – great for biology, language, or history papers
• Cassette recorders – great for interviews
• 20 computers in both PC and MAC formats
• Paper cutters, long armed staplers, glue sticks and other production supplies
• Color and black/white photocopiers
• Several digital still cameras that you may borrow
• A conference room (seats 10-15); a small study room (seats 2-3); a silent balcony with individual desks
• Last but not least…helpful, knowledgeable library staff

How can I get started…what do I do first?

• You need to know how to use the catalog to locate books, videos, or files of pamphlets.
• You need to know the call number of the book and how to find that particular shelf location.
• You need to think about other kinds of supporting materials you might find – ask your librarian for help or consult, “Oh no – A research project…Where do I look?” It is located in this document.
• You need to know how to gain access to the library’s online services.
• You need to have a plan and a time line for your research. Check out our suggested research steps: Pre-search, Research, Wrap-up (also found in this document).

Here is a look at the floor plan of the main floor.

The floor plan is easy to follow in the WJ Library because we do not have any special collections pulled out and hidden in separate rooms. Fiction is A to Z (by author), and the Dewey numbers start in the back left corner and march around the room clockwise.

Can you give me hints about using the electronic catalog?

Our catalog format is Follett and is simple to use and colorful. Librarians can give you a two to five minute help session. Just ask! From any MB computer just type WJL as the URL (address). In the library, there are always two computers set up for instant catalog use (they are near the stairway to the balcony). The catalog is not yet available from home owing to hacking attempts. Here are some hints for productive and efficient use of the catalog:

• Choose very broad keywords for general searches. As a first choice, use BIRD rather than ruby throated hummingbird.
• Make use of the icons (pictures) to narrow the hits. If you are searching for a keyword, click on the keyword icon.
• Do not type the whole title. The more you type, the more errors you risk. Type TO KILL instead of To Kill a Mockingbird.
• Use a keyword search instead of a subject search. A keyword search will search every word in each catalog entry. Subject searches will only search the subject line in each entry.
• Type the last name ONLY when doing a name search. This is particularly useful when the name is “odd” like McNamara. It is less helpful when the last name is Brown. You do not know whether the catalog lists Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, B. Franklin, Franklin, B….etc. Your best bet is to type FRANKLIN and choose the appropriate icon.
• Wildcards: Use an asterisk at the end of a truncated word to find several varieties of words. Poet* will search for poet, poets, poetry, and poetics. If you are unsure of a spelling, use a question mark. Use independ?nce if you are unsure whether the word ends in ANCE or ENCE.
• To create an annotated bibliography, use the bookbag function on the left sidebar. Please remember to empty the bookbag when you are done.

What do the numbers and letters under “location” in the catalog mean?

LIBRARY SYMBOLS: WHAT THEY MEAN

F or FIC Fiction

PC Professional Collection

SC Story Collection (Short Stories)

B or BIOG Biography (incl. Autobiography)

BC Biography Collection (more

than one biography in a

volume)

R or REF Reference (may NOT be signed out)

AUDIO Audio books

VC Video Cassettes

These numbers and letters tell you in which section and shelf location you will find the item you are looking for. If the number begins with REF, you need to look in the front (Reference section) of the library.

Can just knowing the Dewey numbers help me find books?

Yes, it could…but because of the electronic catalog, nobody should have to memorize the Dewey numbers. Sometimes, however, browsing a section of the collection can help you focus on a subject area in which you are interested. For example, if you like sports, you might want to know that many sports are located around 796. Simply browsing the shelves alone, however, may cause you to miss biographical books about great athletes and books on sports medicine – both of which are cataloged outside the sports section. So, using a combination of the catalog and browsing the shelves is most efficient and effective.

Here are the Dewey Numbers by 100s.

What kind of sources can I find for a research project?

Tailor the number and kind of sources to your specific research needs. For example, if you need to give a one-minute class presentation on education in ancient Rome, you do not need to read two four-hundred page histories of Rome. One the other hand, however, if you are doing a comprehensive research paper for American History, you need to consider a greater variety of sources than two short books of photographs pulled hastily from the shelves of the children's collection. What follows can be a helpful mental checklist of the kinds of places you might look for information. ANd, be sure to ask your teacher and librarian for ideas.

OH NO! A RESEARCH PROJECT! WHERE DO I LOOK FIRST?

Books

• Check the electronic catalog for all but the newest, unprocessed books.
• Browse the shelves near books you located through the catalog or from your Dewey sheet.
• Remember to check both Reference and circulating collections.
• Ask a librarian about new books that may have just arrived and are not yet in the catalog.
• Search CLAN & SAILS(RI and MA public Libraries on-line) for books in your own local library.
• Check the Internet for e-books and excerpts and extensive quotes or summaries.

Magazines and Newspapers

• Go to Social Issues Resources (SIRS), available online from school and home.
• Use Proquest Direct online to find 2500 titles including Providence Journal and NY Times back to 1850.
• Use the gold National Geographic index (print) for subject-access to 100 years of Nat'l Geog., or ask a librarian for the Nat’l Geog website.
• Ask librarian about selected titles of magazines available in storage room or on microfiche.
• Visit your local public or college library.

Interviews

• Ask teachers, parents, or librarians for names of people running organizations, etc.
• Use yellow pages of the phone book for businesses.
• Use blue government pages of phone book to find local. city, state, and federal offices.
• Check the Internet for your main keyword plus the word “interview.”
• Check appendices of books on your topic for agencies connected with your topic.
• For phone interviews during the school day, phones are available in the library. Please ask.

Telecommunications

A managed school network with access to the Internet is available to you from any student computer on campus. Go to a search engine like YAHOO, GOOGLE or ALTAVISTA to do your keyword searches. E-mail can be set up from your own account on Yahoo or Hotmail using the library's computers. Be sure to keep track of all sites/paths used if you are writing a paper -- you will need to indicate your sources.

Videos, CDs, films

Audio-visual titles are searchable on the electronic catalog just as you would search for a book. A call number, which begins with VC or FLM, indicates that the type of media is not a book. Students may view these materials in the conference room by making a room reservation with a librarian.

Misc. Materials

• Daily newspapers are available and are saved for 1 to 2 weeks.
• At least one issue of approximately 50 magazines is available on the magazine rack.

Sometimes the library has old magazines you may cut up for projects. Please ask!

What is a good research process to use?

Librarians have put together a research process that combines a logical approach with reflection – an aspect we think is often overlooked by students who are in a hurry to meet a deadline. Presently, this process is being used in our 8 th grade history projects. In addition, on our library website’s student help page (http://placemark.tomsnyder.com/teachers/25328/index.shtml), you will find a link to a great website with more information about research. Here is this library’s suggested research process (1) Pre-search, (2) Research, (3) Wrap-up.

~Part 1~

PRE-SEARCH: What to do before you gather materials

Step #1:

If you must find a topic, proceed to step #2.

If a topic is assigned to you, proceed to step #3.

Step #2: Find a topic

• Ask your teacher or librarian for suggestions.

• Thumb through your textbook or another general book.

• Look at a general article (examples: American Revolution, Italian Renaissance, or astronomy) in Wordbook Online to find names of important battles, countries and people associated with the topic, as well as related topics.

Proceed to Step #3 ↓

Step #3: Focus on the topic

• Ask your teacher about the particulars of the assignment, and write down the answers.

When is it due?

What is the length?

What is the process?

What is the format?

Bibliography?

• Scope out the library to be sure that enough material about your topic is available.

• Gather background information (general) about your topic. General information may best be located in WorldBook Online or in a journal/newspaper article from SIRS or ProQuest.

• Familiarize yourself with your topic’s vocabulary and major concepts.

• Make a list of keywords (important words, names, short phrases, agencies) that may help you with searches on the Internet, in online periodicals, and in the electronic catalog.

• Hold a mini-interview with someone who might have information or opinions about your topic.

• Take notes on general information that may be especially helpful in your introduction or conclusion.

Proceed to Step #4 ↓

Step #4: Reflect and analyze

• Make sure you have a viable thesis statement, which may change slightly as you continue your research.

• Narrow or broaden your topic. What do you really want to find out?

• Organize your list of keywords into “narrow” or “broad” categories. (Example: “disease” is broad, “chickenpox” is narrow.”) You will search the electronic catalog with broad keywords and the Internet with narrow keywords.

• Create a general A to Z outline of the direction you think your research paper might flow.

• Think about what you have learned. Think about what you want to know. Organize!

Proceed to Step #5 ↓

~Part 2~

RESEARCH: Gathering, evaluating and using information

Step #5: Use a variety of sources

• Locate information from any/all of the following resources and take detailed notes in your own words:

• Books from the Reference collection. Use indexes. (very broad keywords)
• Books from the lending/circulating collection (very broad keywords)
• On File binders for maps and diagrams of animal anatomy, historical trade routes, and timelines, etc., for visuals (use indexes in each volume)
• Online magazine and newspaper services such as ProQuest and SIRS (fairly narrow keywords and combinations of basic keywords)
• Internet search engines like alltheweb.com or yahoo.com (very narrow keywords and multiple combinations of keywords)
• Interviews with experts
• Community or specialized libraries such as Save the Bay or RI Historical Library

Proceed to Step #6 ↓

Step #6: Evaluate and cite your sources

• Consider the quality of the materials you have found – this is especially critical when using Internet information.

Who wrote the information?

Is it fact or opinion?

Does the site work well?

What is your gut feeling about the reliability of the site?

• Cite all work that is not your own.

Within the body of your paper, each piece of information that is not your own needs a footnote, endnote, or parenthetical statement of documentation.

In your bibliography you must cite each work you consulted/used. Use proper format (usually MLA standards).

Proceed to Step #7 ↓

Step #7: Reflect and analyze

• Look at your A to Z outline and your thesis statement. Change them if necessary, based on the information you have found.

• Lay out your notes (note cards are most flexible) following you’re a to Z outline or in some logical progression.

• Have you found all the pieces of research needed to support your outline?

• Thank about what you have learned in preparation for writing the paper

Proceed to Step #8 ↓

~Part 3~

POST RESEARCH (wrap up):

Putting it all together

Step #8: Write the draft

• Double-check the assignment and parameters for the paper/project.

• Follow your outline and write your first draft. Make sure you have a powerful introduction and conclusion.

• Check all quotes and ideas for proper documentation.

• Check the format of each citation.

• Check that each paragraph has a beginning and an end. Make sure that all paragraphs follow each other logically.

• Put the draft aside for a few hours or over night. When you reread it, read it out loud and scribble changes as you read. Try to “see” it as your teacher will “see” it.

Proceed to Step #9 ↓

Step #9: Complete the paper/project

• Write your final draft.

• Turn the paper or project in on time!

BORROWING MATERIALS

How long may I keep library materials?

Librarians reserve the right to change borrowing terms in order to meet the needs of users. Most important is that all borrowers return materials promptly in order to assure availability of materials for others. During the school day, please return items to the library desk. After hours, materials can be dropped through a return slot on the library’s west porch. Here are the approximate borrowing terms for students:

• Books from circulating collection – 1 month
• Audio Books – 1 month
• Books from reference collection – for 1 class in the classroom
• Videos and DVDs – may be used in a classroom or in our conference room for a class period
• Equipment – for a class in a classroom
• Magazines (except the most current) – 1 week
• Laptops – Overnight, if available
• Production supplies like staplers and glue sticks – for use in the library

Borrowing terms are subject to negotiation, and, in general, we will work out any reasonable term. Please ask!

What should I do if I lose library materials?

Notifying a librarian is the first step. If you think that you will be able to locate the item eventually, we will simply renew the item for whatever amount of time you need. If the item is truly lost, you will need to replace it or pay for it as soon as possible.

Periodically, you will receive notices reminding you about items that are signed out to you. Please do not ignore the notices. We are always willing to renew items for you. It is particularly helpful if you bring the item to be renewed with you so librarians can simply scan the barcode.

All items that we have to bill to your account will cost you an additional $5 per item, which is not refundable. Except for that fee, we will credit your account for “found” materials if they are returned within six months.

Is Interlibrary Loan available?

Our library is a stop on the public library’s interlibrary loan system. You can search CLAN (RI public catalogs) and SAILS (southeastern MA catalogs) from our library websites. If you have a deadline, you are better off picking up the materials at the public library. Additionally, all members of the MB community may borrow materials from Lincoln, Wheeler, and PCD libraries. At this time, borrowing from Brown University libraries is not an option unless you have a private borrowing card.

TECHNOLOGY

Does the library offer access to online subscriptions, and how do I find them?

From MB campus computers, log on to your account, choose the Library Services box, and choose the online link you desire.

From home, the most direct link is http://placemark.tomsnyder.com/teachers/25328/index.shtml. You can also go to www.mosesbrown.org and choose the “current families” section of the MB site.

Your 2003-04 password to the locked online links site is wjlib2003.

Full descriptions are listed below. All upper school students who attended 8 th grade at MB know how to use WorldBook Online, SIRS and ProQuest. All new students should ask a former MB 8 th grader, teacher, or librarian for help.

Here are the online services for 2004-05:

SIRS

This service offers thousands of magazine, journal, and newspaper articles. There are also almanac and government sources. The focus is on people, and this service is especially strong on history, sciences, education, and all of the social sciences. All articles are full text and selected for quality. From home, your login is RI0096H and your password is 59311. URL: http://sks-pw.sirs.com

SIRS-Discoverer
This great source, while designed for young researchers, may actually be a good starting point for any researcher. The site offers articles, a dictionary and encyclopedia, maps, current events, biographies of famous people, and more. Our login is RI0096H from home. The password is 59311 URL: http://discoverer.sirs.com

ProQuest Direct

Great for current events and local coverage, this service offers articles from thousands of magazines, journals, and newspapers. It is "heavy" on the newspaper side, and not all articles are in fulltext. Some are just summaries. Providence Journal is FREE to you via this service -- even the archives. Look for the skinny, little box on their front page that connects with ProQuest Direct. From school your login is FB2XMCT996 and your password is Welcome. From home the login is 00P377QGJP and the password is also Welcome. URL: http://www.bellhowell.infolearning.com/proquest

ProQuest Historical Newspapers

On library computers, enter through OPERA as your browser. These historical newspapers go back as far as 1850. If you need to search a specific time-period, use the advanced search screen. These historical NY Times articles cover such events as the sinking of the Titanic, slavery and the Civil War, and Woodstock. Articles written at the time of the event will be helpful to your students’ research. You will need Adobe Acrobat on your computer to view and print these articles. From school your login is FB2XMCT996 and your password is Welcome. From home the login is 00P377QGJP and the password is also Welcome. URL : http://hn.umi.com/pqdweb

Gale Information Services
Lots of literary criticism and biographical information here as well as our brand new Reference e-books! Teachers: you will be enlightened and ready to offer in-depth insight to classes studying a huge variety of authors or literary periods. The new e-books include:

• Encyclopedia of Sociology
• Encyclopedia of Countries and Cultures
• Science and Its Times
• Grzimek’s Animal Life
• Dictionary of American History

Our screen name and password are prov66900 if you need them.

URL: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/prov66900

WorldBook-Online
Finally, World Book has offered remote (from home) service in conjunction with our library's account. You may have to enter through the "school and library account" portion. When you are asked to login, your screenname is moses2002 and your password is brown2002. Please use and enjoy this service, compliments of The Walter Jones Library! Remember to use this resource for background reading and clues to further research.

URL: http://www.worldbookonline.com

Poetry, Short Stories, and Essays
Login as mosesxbr. Password is mosehk33. Search more than 100,000 poems, thousands of short stories, and a growing file of essays. Find out about the authors and read explanations of more than 1000 of the poems. Do you want to read the best poetry of the year or know who the poet of the month is? It's all here in Roth's World's Best Poetry (K-12), Story Finder and Essay Finder..
URL: http://www.litfinder.com

National Geographic Index

Here is a link to National Geographic index. You can search by keyword! The library owns most issues from 1912 to present in the print format. Enjoy! http://www.nationalgeographic.com/publications/explore.html

CLAN (RI Public Libraries)
Search the Rhode Island public Libraries from this link. Your fastest alternative is to drive to that library and pick up the book. But, this year, Moses Brown's delivery is "on demand." Orders have arrived promptly, and sometimes the librarians have special connections and can find obscure titles in libraries not open to others. UR L: http://www.lori.state.ri.us/lori

SAILS (Southeastern MA Public Libraries)
Search the southeastern Mass. public libraries from this link. Moses Brown does NOT have interlibrary loan from Mass., so you will have to make your own arrangements and take care of your own pick-ups and drop-offs. Please let a librarian know if this link does not work from home. Be sure to choose the "limited search" option if you are not a SAILS member.

URL : http://www.sailsinc.org

What computers are available in the library?

The library has 20 MACs and PCs available for its users. Programs are fairly standard. If you routinely use a special program that is not on our computers, and if the school is licensed to do so, you can request that it be installed. The library also has a scanners and color printers connected to both types of computers. Be sure to remember to log out after using the Internet.

Do all MB students have Internet accounts?

All MB students are eligible for Internet accounts after they and a parent or guardian have submitted a signed Ethical Use. Students moving from one grade to another within a division will retain their accounts each year. Students changing divisions or entering MB will have to sign the EUP and may have to attend an orientation. Until these requirements have been met, students are not permitted to use any MB-owned technology. Important: students or teachers MAY NOT share computer accounts with anyone else.

Do students have access to email accounts?

Students do not have MB-sponsored email accounts. They can access most of their own accounts (Yahoo, AOL, and others) on any MB computer. Owing to filters and network traffic, students have varying degrees of success accessing their email. Certainly, any student, whether or not (s)he has a computer at home, may set up a free email account on Yahoo or another service and may access that account from MB computers.

May I use the photocopiers?

A brand new high-quality color copier that does everything but cook a turkey dinner is arriving in mid-October 2004.. Personal copies cost $1.00 (paper copies). The black and white photocopier costs 10 cents per paper copy (one side). Our machines will also produce transparencies – do not bring your own. If you are planning to charge copies for organizations, classes, etc., have the teacher phone us or write you a note. We will never charge to a faculty account without their approval.

May I give suggestions for materials to a librarian?

Absolutely! Our budget is at its best in the fall, and we have more time to order and receive items you request. Librarians welcome your suggestions for all kind of materials at anytime during the year, however. We appreciate your requests in writing with as much information as you can give us.

AN INVITATION

The library staff has a goal: to be a center for learning. We invite you to help us be a support for you by asking questions and telling us what you need. If you have a question…we might have the answer. Please ask!

** Citations for PRINT Sources **

• Bibliographies should be alphabetized in their final form.
• All lines except for the first line of an entry should be indented.
• Always ask your teacher about special requirements such as annotations, divisions by sections according to format of materials, etc.

General Format:

Author (last name first). Title. Place of

publication: Publisher, Date of publication.

Book: Single author (Example)

Lucas, Steven C. The War Effort as It Related to the

Reconstruction of the South. New York:

Simon & Schuster, 1995.

Book: Two or more authors (Example)

Jacobs, Michael and Laura J. McIlvain. The Shape of

the Earth as Columbus Perceived It.

NewYork: Facts on File, 1992.

Book: Anthology (Example) Note the page numbers at the end of the citation.

Masters, Georgia. “Ghosts and Their Friends.” Uses of

Supernatural Literature in the Classroom. Ed.

Michael Peterson. New York: Dodd, 1987.

221-254.

Article in a General Encyclopedia such as World Book (print)

Do not cite full publication information for familiar works, especially those that publish frequent editions, such as general encyclopedias, like the print edition of World Book. If the arrangement is A-Z, omit pages and volumes. If the author of an article is not listed, omit his/her name, and begin with the title of the article.

(Examples)

“ China.” The Encyclopedia Americana. 1995 ed.

Lewis, Joan. “Felines.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1989 ed.

Article in a Reference Book that is not published annually/frequently.

Almost all reference books except Encyclopedia sets like World Book require these longer citations. If the author of an article is not listed, omit his/her name, and begin with the title of the article.

Example:

Black, Melvin. “Athena.” Black’s Encyclopedia of Mythology.

Ed. Dorothy Campbell. 6 vols. New York: Crowell, Inc., 1991.

Article in a Periodical (journal, magazine, or newspaper)

If a periodical begins each issue with page 1, rather than having continuous pagination from issue to issue, you must note the volume and issue numbers. “14.2” signifies vol. 14, issue 2. Page numbers follow the year. For anonymous articles, in general, begin with the title of the article.

(Examples)

Rosen, Mark. “Picasso’s Art.” Art in America14.2 (1994): 78-82.

Bright, Ron. “Life in the Galaxy.” New York Times 30 Dec. 1996, late ed.: D1+

Williams, Rosalie. “The Bible as Art.” Atlantic Monthly Aug. 1993: 39-58.

Pamphlet or Brochure

Pamphlets are cited like books are cited. Most often, authors are not obvious. Give the information found:

Crocheted Lap Robes. New York: Dover, 2001.

Government Publications

The government agency that issued a publication is considered to be the “author” of the piece and is cited as such. If the author is known, however, cite the author first OR follow the agency’s name with the word “by” followed by the author’s name.

Examples:

Federal Bureau of Investigation. Weapon Identification. Washington:

Library of Congress, 1998.

Hoover, J. Edgar, comp. Catalog of Unidentified Fingerprints. Washington,

GPO, 1973.

Interview

Lawrence, Donald. Dental Surgeon. Personal Interview. 22 August 2001.

Hostettler, David. Telephone Interview. 29 July 2000.

PARENTHETICAL DOCUMENTATION (within the body of your paper)

All references in your paper must refer clearly to the specific sources in your list of works cited.

If the author’s name is already cited in the body of the work, just cite the pages.

Example:Benjamin Franklin, in his Autobiography, states that he prepared a list of thirteen virtues (135-37). If the author’s name is not stated in your paper, the parenthetical documentation would be as follows: ( Franklin 135-37).

All examples for this sheet of citations were based on the fifth edition of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Josept Gibaldi, materials on the MLA website (www.mla.org), and Citing Electronic Sources: New Skills for a New Age, published by RIEMA in April 1997.

** Citations for ELECTRONIC Sources **

Because electronic sources are not considered as “stable” as the printed versions of information, citations for electronic sources require more information so that the reader of the paper can locate them. We have tried to include proper citations for the online services most commonly used by MB students (SIRS, ProQuest, and WorldBook Online). In addition, each service offers help with citations on its homepage. The fifth edition of the MLA Handbook (www.MLA.org) suggests that citations for electronic sources should contain as many of the following points of information as are available and/or applicable. It is vital to include, at the end, the date you (the researcher) accessed the site (#14) and the address of the site (#15).

• Name of the author, editor, compiler or translator of the source, reversed for alphabetizing, and followed by an abbreviation such as ed. (editor), comp. (compiler), or transl. (translator), if appropriate.
• Title of a poem, short story, article, or other short work which is part of a larger work (in quotation marks); or the title of a posting to a discussion followed by the description Online posting.
• Title of a book (underlined).
• Name of the editor, compiler, or translator of the text if not cited earlier, preceded by the relevant abbreviation such as Ed.
• Publication information for the print version of the source.
• Title of the scholarly project, database, periodical, or personal site (underlined); if the site has no title, describe it such as Home page.
• Name of the editor of the scholarly project or database, if available.
• Version number of the source (if not part of the title), or, for a journal, the volume number, issue number or other identifying number.
• Date of the electronic publication or posting date.
• Name of the subscription service (i.e., SIRS or UMI for Proquest Direct) and the name and city of the library that subscribes to the service.
• For a posting to a discussion list or forum, the name of the list or forum.
• The number range or total of pages, sections, or paragraphs, if they are numbered.
• Name of any institution or organization sponsoring or associated with the Web site.
• Date when the researcher (you) accessed the source.
• Electronic address of the source (in angle brackets), or the URL of the subscription service’s main page; or the keyword assigned by a service such as AOL.

Project (Example)

Baroque Artists Project. Comp. Barry Minter. June

1998. Ohio U. 25 Aug. 1999 <http://www.ohiou.edu/art/proj>

Personal Site (Example)

Doyle, Bob. Home page. 3 Mar. 1997 <http://doyb.yorku.ca/doyb>

Organization’s Home Page (Example)

Save the Bay: A people’s Guide to Narragansett Bay. Home page. Save the Bay.

2002. 25 Apr. 2002. http://savethebay.org

Book (Example)

Dixon, Frank. Mystery of Haunted Beach. New York:

Random House, 1998. Mystery Writers:

Unearthed Project. Ed. Jane Lewis. Apr. 1999.

York U. 26 Apr. 1999 <http://yorkpress/yorku/ca>

Poem (Example)

Bloomer, Edith. “Daisies in the Meadow.” Odes to

Springtime. London, 1908. Victorian Writers

Project. Ed. Hazel Frooker. Jan. 1997. Harvard

U. 15 Jan. 1997.<http://

www.harvardu.edu/~lets/bloom>

Article from ProQuest

General format:

Author’s last name, First name. “Title of article.” Title of newspaper or

magazine underlined and including DayMonth Year, Edition:

Page numbers. ProQuest. Library name, Name of city. Day Month

Year of access <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>

Example for ProQuest:

Harper, Edna. “Have Book, Will Travel.” New

York Times 21 July 1999:22. Proquest. Moses Brown School Lib.,

Providence, RI. 17 Sept. 1999 <http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb>

Article from SIRS

General format:

Author. “Article title.” Original source of the article underlined Date

of the Original Source: page numbers. Name of the SIRS

database used. Name of the service.Library where database

was accessed, Location of library.Date of access

< http://www.sirs.com>

Example for SIRS:

Jones, David. “Lights Across the Atlantic.” Astronomy Feb. 2001: 24-26.

SIRS Researcher. SIRS KnowledgeSource. Moses Brown School

Library, Providence, RI. 12 Sept. 2000<http://www.sirs.com>

Article from WorldBook Online

General format (according to WorldBook Online’s

Help Page):

Author’s last name, first name (if available).“Article name,” WorldBook Online,

http://www.worldbookonline.com, Day Month Year accessed, Chicago: World

Book, Inc. (location and publisher are optional)

Example:

Lewis, John. “France,” WorldBook Online,http://www.worldbookonline.com,

12 September 2000.“Roosevelt, Eleanor.” WorldBook Online, ,

http://www.worldbookonline.com, 12 January 2000.

Examples of GaleNet Literary Criticism Citations

“John Steinbeck.” Contemporary Authors. 1999.GaleNet. Moses Brown School

Lib., Providence, RI. 12 September, 2000.<http//www.galenet.com>

“Jane Austen.” Discovering Biography. 2000. GaleNet. Moses Brown School

Lib., Providence, RI. 20 April 1999.<http://www.galenet.com>

E-mail (Example)

Doe, Jane. “Re: Shelley’s Frankenstein.” Email to

Julie Jones. 14 July 1998.

All examples for this sheet of citations were based on the fifth edition of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Josept Gibaldi, materials on the MLA website (www.mla.org), Citing Electronic Sources: New Skills for a New Age, published by RIEMA in April 1997, and recommendations from SIRS, ProQuest, Gale, and WorldBook Online.

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