ENG 102: Kaufman, Research Project Essay: Home

When do you use REFERENCE Sources?

When you are just getting started and want to find some background information on a science topic?

Reference materials include dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks which provide an overview of a topic or provide you with statistics.

These databases include many types of articles: scholarly, academic, and popular.

Choose "limit to peer review" or "limit to academic journals" to exclude popular magazines and newspapers from the results.

Be sure to also choose "limit to full-text" so you only get results that will let you access the full article.

All articles come with suggested MLA citations!

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Library sources all come with suggested citations! Start there. If you are using a non-library source, these links might help.

• See Bristol Community College's Quick Style Guide to MLA-8. 
   
• View Purdue Owl's sample paper and Works Cited list examples. (There are popup adds on this cite; you can X them closed.)
   
• See MLA Style Center Guides and Tutorials.
   
• Try MLA templates to gather necessary citation elements. 

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