English 1301 - Library Seminar
This on-demand seminar is for students taking the English 1301 course.
Divided into three parts, this seminar will provide instruction on how to get assistance from a librarian, search and retrieve resource materials for a research paper about early American literature, and format an MLA style paper.
For the purpose of this recorded seminar, the topic of self-driving cars was used.
If problems are experienced while viewing this recording, please contact the Virtual Services Librarian at [email protected].
After viewing the recorded seminar, please send an e-mail to the Virtual Services Librarian requesting the post-seminar assessment survey link. The survey must be completed to receive credit for attending this library seminar.
Topics Covered:
- Searching and Retrieving Resource Materials
- Databases
- Selecting a Database
- Logging In
- Setting Limiters
- Key Word Searching
- Harvesting Sources and Citations
- Catalog - Discovery Searching
- Print Books
- Call numbers and locations of books
- Other Library Locations That Have That Same Print Book
- Source Citations
- E-Books
- Articles
- Print Books
- Databases
- MLA Style
- Paper Formatting
- In-Text Citations
- What needs to be cited
- Source Citations
- Getting Assistance
- In-Person
- Live Chat / Text Chat
- Research Paper Mentoring - [email protected]
- Help With Papers
- Paper Proofreading
- Research Study Guides
- Video Tutorials
MLA Paper Format
- MLA Detailed Formatting InformationAnnotated paper containing information for formatting an MLA style paper. The bubble comments in the paper provide additional information related to the formatting of the header, paper's date, and works cited.
The paper is designed to be downloaded and used as a template.
- MLA 9 Quick Style Guide
Quick reference guide for formatting student papers using MLA 9.
