MLA Style Center

Summary: First, the class reviewed the MLA Style Center website using the link above, and then we formatted your Works Cited. After that, you discussed your research, and we explored dictionary.com and thesaurus.com. If time allows, the class carefully considered and followed the activities of Alex Essay Writing Tool, steps 4 -6.

Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 9th Edition

MLA 9th Quick Guide

Student-Sample-MLA-Paper

Dictioanary.com

Thesaurus.com

“Research is creating new knowledge.”

~ Neil Arstrong

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 04 – Parts of your essay

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 05 – Now you can read

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 06 – Balance

Homework due by 1:00 p.m. the day before Session 09 by taking photos of your notes and inserting all them in your online document under the titles Research Article #4 and #5. Other students get to see your work, share, and discuss it.

Instructions for Homework Content:

1. Researching and taking notes on one issue: Please, research the SAME research issue using 2 Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about a topic that you are passionate about writing.

Below are search engine links to many materials and themes. Then, take two pages of notes for each article using the keywords on the pages.

Remember to write the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations. Try to summarize your work.

Then, could you put the pictures of your notes in your shared online document under Research Article #4 and Research Article #5 in your shared file so I can edit your MLA Works Cited?

Free Database Engines off Campus to collect research for your MLA Paper: 

Carrot 2 Carrot helps you find topics related to your search term. After entering the term you enter and then click on ‘search,’ you can choose to see the results as a list, treemap, or pie chart that helps you visualize your issue and narrow your search.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a community-designed and maintained online journal directory that provides access to robust, open-access, peer-reviewed journals. This search engine is independent and free, including being indexed in DOAJ. Please use this engine for topical issues and authors; you might find research that provides evidence for your academic essay. DOAJ is an educational outreach search engine focusing on high-quality applications and submissions.

Google Scholar: Google Scholar helps you do a broad or narrow search of articles. It also lets you cite your “references” for APA and “works cited” for MLA!

CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world, giving free access.

Learning About Global Issues—This is specifically related to Chuo University Faculty of Law English courses and provides 18 core global issues. I got permission. Thank you, Chuo U, for the Sadai students.

Zenbird Media: Topics & Issues: Do you often think about researching issues related to your local community, or Japan in general, but find the data in the Japanese language? Then, Zenbird Media is for you!