Finding Sources

Today, you are merely FINDING sources and EVALUATING how useful and reliable they are. Use your MLA Cheat Sheet to write a proper MLA citation.

After you find each source, do the following:
1. Save to the following bookmarking site: www.diigo.com (username and password: svhs912).
2. Create a proper MLA Citation.
3. Write an annotation evaluating the usefulness of the source.

The main point of this article is to inform the reader about Ben Franklin's life. It also tells of Franklin's role in forming America as a nation. This article providesbackground to Franklin's literature. This source IS OR IS NOT informational and reliable because this article is in a textbook. This source IS OR IS NOT objective because multiple professionals wrote this source.  I can now take notes and search for additional information and sources.

DO NOT TAKE NOTES TODAY! 

We will research for facts to include in your paper next week. Click the following links if you are still worried about the Annotated Bibliography. (Link 1:Formatting in Word, Link 2:Example and Handout for Annotated Bibliography)

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RESOURCES

books.google.com
Use this to find print sources as you need at least ONE as a junior and TWO as a senior.
Use this to find literary criticism on your author.
Search for SPECIFIC TERMS like: "author's name"+literary criticism

scholar.google.com
Use this to find professional journals with pertinent and reviewed information for your topic. For example, you can find literary criticism on your author and his or her writing.
ONLY use those that you can get access to the FULL ARTICLE and are FREE. There are plenty out there, you just have to find them.
Search for "author's name"+literary criticism
In your search, uncheck the boxes that say "Citation" and "include patents"

http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/index.html#
An excellent, critically-acclaimed collection of literary criticism on authors, texts, and literary periods.

http://www.bibliomania.com/2/3/270/frameset.html
Another collection of brief information about authors, texts, and literary periods.

www.ncwiseowl.org
If you are on campus, it will automatically log in. If you are at home, use the following:
User: 260-427
Password: school

EBSCO/Infotrac Database (found at the library website)
Password: wiseowl

owl.english.purdue.edu
for citations and how to write in proper format