tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78190461084401548222012-02-16T15:42:45.208-08:00A homebase for Prof. Ngugi's English 1010/1020 sections in Fall 2009Dan Overfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16098573315695680880noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7819046108440154822.post-89193395366471973732009-11-19T07:15:00.001-08:002009-11-19T07:15:42.940-08:00It was great seeing everyone again this week. Keep up the good work and stay in touch with your librarian.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7819046108440154822-8919339536647197373?l=eng10101020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Overfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16098573315695680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7819046108440154822.post-52998625838192698892009-10-16T06:52:00.000-07:002009-10-16T06:58:04.107-07:00Have you ever been told to use a "scholarly" resource? Have you ever wondered what that means?<br /><br />Our scholarly friends at Cornell University have made this information available to you on their <a href="http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill20.html">website</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">For a quick summary, here is Cornell's definition:</span><br /><br />"A scholarly journal articles often have an abstract, a descriptive summary of the article contents, before the main text of the article.<p> Scholarly journals generally have a sober, serious look. They often contain many graphs and charts but few glossy pages or exciting pictures.</p><p> Scholarly journals <em>always</em> cite their sources in the form of footnotes or bibliographies. These bibliographies are generally lengthy and cite other scholarly writings."</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7819046108440154822-5299862583819269889?l=eng10101020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Overfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16098573315695680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7819046108440154822.post-19547539944681822702009-10-15T08:26:00.000-07:002009-10-15T08:29:24.381-07:00Goto Reference Tools > Style Manuals and Writing Guides on the library's website to find examples of various types of writing assignments. <div><br /></div><div>For example, using the Purdue Online Writing Lab, I found this example of an <a href="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/">Annotated Bibliography</a>.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7819046108440154822-1954753994468182270?l=eng10101020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Overfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16098573315695680880noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7819046108440154822.post-72778915008084574302009-10-15T08:17:00.001-07:002009-10-15T08:24:09.954-07:00You will be required to cite your work in MLA format. You can find examples of MLA format by going to the "<a href="http://www.tri-c.edu/library/reference/Pages/Home.aspx">Reference Tools</a>" section of the Library Website and select "<a href="http://www.tri-c.edu/library/reference/Pages/stylemanuals.aspx">Style Manuals and Writing Guides</a>". <div><br /></div><div>My recommendation is the <a href="http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/PORT/documentation/documentation.html">Penn Online Research Tutorial</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>Citations from article databases like Literary Reference Center can be automatically formatted into MLA or APA style. Please ask a librarian if you have any trouble citing your work. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7819046108440154822-7277891500808457430?l=eng10101020.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Dan Overfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16098573315695680880noreply@blogger.com0