Mla Guide To Undergraduate Research In Literature

Author : Elizabeth Brookbank,H. Faye Christenberry
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603294379

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MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature by Elizabeth Brookbank,H. Faye Christenberry Pdf

What makes a good research topic in a literature class? What does your professor mean by "peer-reviewed" sources? What should you do if you can't find enough material? This approachable guide walks students through the process of research in literary studies, providing them with tools for responding successfully to course assignments. Written by two experienced librarians, the guide introduces the resources available through college and university libraries and explains how to access the ones a student needs. It focuses on research in literature, identifying relevant databases and research guides and explaining different types of sources and the role each plays in researching and writing about a literary text. But it contains helpful information for any student researcher, describing strategies for searching the Web to find the most useful material and offering guidance on organizing research and documenting sources with MLA style.

Author : The Modern Language Association of America
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603293525

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MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America Pdf

Relied on by generations of writers, the MLA Handbook is published by the Modern Language Association and is the only official, authorized book on MLA style. The new, ninth edition builds on the MLA's unique approach to documenting sources using a template of core elements--facts, common to most sources, like author, title, and publication date--that allows writers to cite any type of work, from books, e-books, and journal articles in databases to song lyrics, online images, social media posts, dissertations, and more. With this focus on source evaluation as the cornerstone of citation, MLA style promotes the skills of information and digital literacy so crucial today. The many new and updated chapters make this edition the comprehensive, go-to resource for writers of research papers, and anyone citing sources, from business writers, technical writers, and freelance writers and editors to student writers and the teachers and librarians working with them. Intended for a variety of classroom contexts--middle school, high school, and college courses in composition, communication, literature, language arts, film, media studies, digital humanities, and related fields--the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook offers New chapters on grammar, punctuation, capitalization, spelling, numbers, italics, abbreviations, and principles of inclusive language Guidelines on setting up research papers in MLA format with updated advice on headings, lists, and title pages for group projects Revised, comprehensive, step-by-step instructions for creating a list of works cited in MLA format that are easier to learn and use than ever before A new appendix with hundreds of example works-cited-list entries by publication format, including websites, YouTube videos, interviews, and more Detailed examples of how to find publication information for a variety of sources Newly revised explanations of in-text citations, including comprehensive advice on how to cite multiple authors of a single work Detailed guidance on footnotes and endnotes Instructions on quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing, and avoiding plagiarism A sample essay in MLA format Annotated bibliography examples Numbered sections throughout for quick navigation Advanced tips for professional writers and scholars

Author : Mario Klarer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000901733

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An Introduction to Literary Studies by Mario Klarer Pdf

The fourth edition of this classic beginner’s guide to literary studies has been fully updated throughout. Mario Klarer offers a concise and accessible discussion of central issues in English and world literature as well as film and television series. Starting with the basics of what constitutes a literary text, the book moves through an analysis of major genres, important periods, and key theoretical approaches to literature and film. It also looks at the practicalities of finding and referencing secondary sources when writing a research paper. The expanded new edition has been updated to include: a wider range of examples from world literature, cinema, and television series additional references to contemporary streaming formats updated chapters on postcolonial theory, cultural studies, gender theory, feminism, and queer theory new sections on digital humanities, ecocriticism, literary translations, and paratexts extended explanations of traditional genres, e.g., the epic, drama, and poetry a completely revised chapter on the most recent MLA guidelines with rules for citing new media formats The detailed glossary ensures that the book is accessible to readers of any level, making this an ideal self-study guide or a course book for Introduction to Literature classes.

Author : Wayne C. Booth,Gregory G. Colomb,Joseph M. Williams,Joseph Bizup,William T. FitzGerald
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226826660

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The Craft of Research, Fifth Edition by Wayne C. Booth,Gregory G. Colomb,Joseph M. Williams,Joseph Bizup,William T. FitzGerald Pdf

A thoroughly updated edition of a beloved classic that has guided generations of researchers in conducting effective and meaningful research. With more than a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level—from high-school students and first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to researchers in business and government. Conceived by seasoned researchers and educators Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, this fundamental work explains how to choose significant topics, pose genuine and productive questions, find and evaluate sources, build sound and compelling arguments, and convey those arguments effectively to others. While preserving the book’s proven approach to the research process, as well as its general structure and accessible voice, this new edition acknowledges the many ways research is conducted and communicated today. Thoroughly revised by Joseph Bizup and William T. FitzGerald, it recognizes that research may lead to a product other than a paper—or no product at all—and includes a new chapter about effective presentations. It features fresh examples from a variety of fields that will appeal to today’s students and other readers. It also accounts for new technologies used in research and offers basic guidelines for the appropriate use of generative AI. And it ends with an expanded chapter on ethics that addresses researchers’ broader obligations to their research communities and audiences as well as systemic questions about ethical research practices. This new edition will be welcomed by a new and more diverse generation of researchers.

Author : Ellen C. Carillo
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781603296069

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MLA Guide to Digital Literacy by Ellen C. Carillo Pdf

The second edition of this best-selling classroom guide helps students understand why digital literacy is a crucial skill for their education, future careers, and participation in democracy. Offering practical guidance for assessing information online, this guide provides students with the tools to locate reliable sources among the clickbait and viral videos that pervade the web. The guide's hands-on activities, germane readings, and lesson plans give students strategies for reading and analyzing data visualizations; finding and evaluating credible sources; learning how to spot fake news; fact-checking; crafting a research question; effectively conducting searches on Google and on library catalogs and databases; finding peer-reviewed publications; evaluating primary sources; and understanding disinformation and misinformation, filter bubbles, propaganda, and satire in a variety of sources--including websites, social media posts, infographics, videos, and more (on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube). New to the second edition: attention to the ethical dimensions of digital technology, including privacy issues and bias in search algorithms--with an accompanying lesson plan an emphasis on how digital literacy can help stem racism, sexism, ableism, and the perpetuation of harmful stereotypes instruction on inclusive research and citation practices to avoid perpetuating systemic bias a new chapter, "Composing in Digital Spaces," that offers instruction in multimodal composition and foregrounds accessibility a new and up-to-date reading, "The Real History of Fake News" a section on avoiding plagiarism updated references and examples resource lists of digital tools, platforms, and software that can support the practices described in the guide

Author : Joseph Gibaldi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Academic writing
ISBN : UOM:39015049642161

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MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing by Joseph Gibaldi Pdf

Since its publication in 1985, the "MLA Style Manual" has been the standard guide for graduate students, teachers, and scholars in the humanities and for professional writers in many fields. Extensively reorganized and revised, the new edition contains several added sections and updated guidelines on citing electronic works--including materials found on the World Wide Web.

Author : Kevin A. Morrison
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475856392

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Making the Grade by Kevin A. Morrison Pdf

From a cultural history of the essay to incisive contemporary rethinking of its usefulness in the classroom, from guides on how to write a seminar paper to guides on how to assess them, Making the Grade offers desperately needed clarity on a complex genre. The contributions in this book should be standard for every first-semester graduate student and every first-semester professor who wants to prepare undergraduates for graduate-level writing or who wants to prepare graduate students for professional publication.

Author : Robert Henry Miller
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0810829770

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Handbook of Literary Research by Robert Henry Miller Pdf

Introduces general reference books, ready-reference guides, guides to manuscripts and dissertations, computer databases, and resources in rhetoric and composition.

Author : Laird Christensen,Mark C. Long,Frederick O. Waage
Publisher : Options for Teaching
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39076002809932

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Teaching North American Environmental Literature by Laird Christensen,Mark C. Long,Frederick O. Waage Pdf

From stories about Los Angeles freeways to slave narratives to science fiction, environmental literature encompasses more than nature writing. The study of environmental narrative has flourished since the MLA published Teaching Environmental Literature in 1985. Today, writers evince a self-consciousness about writing in the genre, teachers have incorporated field study into courses, technology has opened up classroom possibilities, and institutions have developed to support study of this vital body of writing. The challenge for instructors is to identify core texts while maintaining the field's dynamic, open qualities. The essays in this volume focus on North American environmental writing, presenting teachers with background on environmental justice issues, ecocriticism, and ecofeminism. Contributors consider the various disciplines that have shaped the field, including African American, American Indian, Canadian, and Chicana/o literature. The interdisciplinary approaches recommended treat the theme of predators in literature, ecology and ethics, conservation, and film. A focus on place-based literature explores how students can physically engage with the environment as they study literature. The volume closes with an annotated resource guide organized by subject matter.

Author : Mike Cadden,Karen Coats,Roberta Seelinger Trites
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603294560

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Teaching Young Adult Literature by Mike Cadden,Karen Coats,Roberta Seelinger Trites Pdf

Thanks to the success of franchises such as The Hunger Games and Twilight, young adult literature has reached a new level of prominence and popularity. Teens and adults alike are drawn to the genre's coming-of-age themes, fast pacing, and vivid emotional portrayals. The essays in this volume suggest ways high school and college instructors can incorporate YA texts into courses in literature, education, library science, and general education. The first group of essays explores key issues in YA literature, situates works in cultural contexts, and addresses questions of text selection and censorship. The second section discusses a range of genres within YA literature, including both realistic and speculative fiction as well as verse narratives, comics, and film. The final section offers ideas for assignments, including interdisciplinary and digital projects, in a variety of courses.

Author : Modern Language Association of America
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:49015003326676

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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Modern Language Association of America Pdf

Provides guidelines and examples for handling research, outlining, spelling, punctuation, formatting, and documentation.

Author : Joseph Gibaldi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Report writing
ISBN : 0873529766

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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers by Joseph Gibaldi Pdf

For nearly half a century, the style recommended by the Modern Language Association for scholarly manuscripts and student research papers has been widely adopted and required not only by journals and presses but also by schools, departments, and individual instructors. Since the publication of the first edition in 1977, the MLA Handbook has sold over five million copies worldwide. The fifth edition of the MLA Handbook is revamped for the Internet age. A complete toolbox for online research, this edition offers guidance in -- finding research materials online -- judging the quality of information on the Internet -- using expanded and updated MLA formats to document a wide variety of online sources -- preparing texts in electronic form The MLA Handbook's authoritative guidelines on research practices and MLA style are enhanced in other ways. New topics have been added, and citation examples, the list of suggested writing guides, and the appendix of reference works by field have been expanded and updated. The fifth edition serves as both a classroom text and a reference book for students and writers to use independently. Teachers and students of writing, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities fields will find this guide indispensable.

Author : Jose L. Galvan,Melisa C. Galvan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351858922

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Writing Literature Reviews by Jose L. Galvan,Melisa C. Galvan Pdf

Guideline 12: If the Results of Previous Studies Are Inconsistent or Widely Varying, Cite Them Separately

Author : Patrick Ragains
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781555708757

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Information Literacy Instruction that Works by Patrick Ragains Pdf

Readers will find strategies and techniques for teaching college and university freshmen, community college students, students with disabilities, and those in distance learning programs.

Author : Kathleen A. Johnson,Steven Robert Harris
Publisher : Assoc of Cllge & Rsrch Libr
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780838985090

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Teaching Literary Research by Kathleen A. Johnson,Steven Robert Harris Pdf