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1 Student Resource Center Database To access the Student Resource Center database, go to the Middlesex page and click on Library. Click on MMS Databases and select Gale.

2 Type in the password. If you don t remember the password, see your teacher or a librarian. Scroll to the bottom of the page. Click on Student Resource Center link.

3 In the basic search bar, type in the information you want to research. The click the Keyword button. This option will give you better results. Then click Search.

encyclopedias (reference), magazines, newspapers, etc.

or newspaper already and Student Resource Center is the Online

4 Take a moment to look at your results. You have been given information in several different forms encyclopedias (reference), magazines, newspapers, etc. This means that any article your read is in a book, magazine or newspaper already and Student Resource Center is the Online Service that brought you this information. Click on the title of an article to read the information.

5 Read through the article and take notes. Then scroll to the bottom of the article to write down the works consulted information. KEEP READING!!!!

6 Here is an enlarged view with the required information highlighted. DO NOT copy and paste the information. Record just the required pieces on your worksheet and the type them on a document according to MMS works consulted requirements. On this article, please note: 1.There isn t an author so start your entry with the title of the article which is Friction. 2. Next write the title of the SOURCE (meaning which encyclopedia, magazine or newspaper originally published this article). In this example, it would be Gale Encyclopedia of Science. 3. Skip the information with the Ed. in front of it. These are editors, NOT authors, so don t write down their names. 4. Next find the copyright date. 5. Now write down the ONLINE SERVICE that brought you this article Student Resource Center. 6. Write down the URL or web address only from the double slash to the first slash. Do not write in http: or the slashes. 7. Last, write down the date of visit, meaning the day you looked at the article. Write the day, month (spelled out) and the year. Title of article Title of source Date Title of Online Service Source Citation: "Friction." Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale Group, Student Resource Center - Junior. Gale. Middlesex Middle School. 23 Mar < Name=dari23413&prodId=SRC- 4&tabID=T001&docId=EJ &type=retrieve&contentSet=GSRC&version=1.0. Web address Date of visit write down the day, month and year you research the information. Be sure it has parenthesis around it and a period on the outside. Example: (24 January 2015). This is how it should look when you type it. Friction. Gale Encyclopedia of Science Student Resource Center. <find.galegroup.com> (24 January 2015).

7 Here is another example. This article has an author. On this article, please note: 1. This article has an author, so your first piece of information will be the person s name. 2. Then write the title of the article. 3. Next write the title of the SOURCE (meaning what encyclopedia, magazine or newspaper originally published this article). 4. Skip the information with the Ed. In front of it. This is an editor, NOT an author, so don t write down their name. 5. Next find the copyright date. 6. Now write down the ONLINE SERVICE that brought you this article. 7. Write down the URL or web address only from the double slash to the first single slash. Do not write in http: or the slashes. 8. Last, write down your date of visit, meaning the day you looked at the article. Write the day, month (spelled out) and the year. Author Title of article Title of source Publication date Title of online service Source Citation: Schuessler, Heidi. "Going after mosquitoes, with a racket. (Circuits)(using sound waves to kill larvae). The New York Times (June 13, 2002): E4(N) pg6(l). Student Resource Center - Junior. Gale. Middlesex Middle School. 23Mar < ari23413&prodid=src-4&tabid=t004&docid=a &type=retrieve&contentset=iac- Documents&version=1.0>. URL or web address Date of visit write down the day, month and year you researched this information. Be sure it has parenthesis around it and a period on the outside. Example: (24 January 2015). This is how it should look when you type it. Schuessler, Heidi. Going After Mosquitoes, with a Racket. The New York Times. 13 June Student Resource Center. <find.galegroup.com> (24 January 2015).

CITING RESEARCH DATABASES MLA STYLE Opposing Viewpoints in Context

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