Grade 9 GLS
Searches, Sources and Citations
The Task
Research - The Library Catalogue
- Go to the applications page and click on the "Library Catalogue - Louise Arbour"
- Go to www.peelschools.org.
- Click on the BYOD link.
- Click on the green library circular icon.
- The green icon at the top of the page will be the library catalogue.
Once you are at the main page, enter the subject/keywords of the topic that you are searching for. Keep in mind that spelling is really important! If you spell the word that you are looking for incorrectly, the system will assume we do not have it. We may not have books for some of the topics that you are looking for, but this is a good place to start!
Research - The Databases
- Go to the applications page and click on "Library Catalogue - Louise Arbour".
- Then click on Library eResources.
- Click on eResources.
- Click on Intermediate/Secondary. Then you will find all of our databases.
- Go to www.peelschools.org.
- Click on the BYOD link.
- Click on the green library circular icon.
- The intermediate/secondary library databases will be listed below.
Boolean Search Operators - Tools to Help Make Using the Databases Easier
The Databases - Finding Material
- Canada in Context
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Canadian Points of View
- Canadian Reference Centre
- CPI.Q Canadian Periodicals
- Stats Canada
- Ontario Educational Resource Bank
- Ontario Newspapers
All of the databases are great sources of information. They are better than a random search on a website because you can find a lot of information here that has been written by experts in the field. Many of the databases are specific to certain topics. Below are some examples of what the database icons look like. If you click on the secondary eResorces link below, you can access the databases directly.
Note Taking and the Databases
Plagiarism - What is it?
" The act of taking the writings of another person and passing them off as one’s own. The fraudulence is closely related to forgery and piracy—practices generally in violation of copyright laws."
Plagiarism." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2016. Web. 2 Mar. 2016
Be wise....don't plagiarize!
When to Cite - A Checklist
I know when to cite my work, but how do I do it?
MLA 8th Edition - The New Way to Cite Using MLA
Creating a Works Cited Page in MLA 8 Format
MLA 8 was designed to simplify the process, helping writers accurately and intuitively cite sources more easily, requiring that every source type follow the same format. This means that books, websites, periodicals, videos, photographs, and all other types of sources now use this same standard format.
MLA 8 requires researchers to locate the same “core elements” from their sources and place them in a standard order in order to create their citations.
The “Core Elements” of an MLA 8 citation, along with their corresponding punctuation marks, include the following (in this order):
- Authors.
- Title of the source.
- Title of container,
- Other contributors,
- Version,
- Numbers,
- Publisher,
- Publication date,
- Location.
The appropriate punctuation mark will follow each core element, unless it is the final piece. In this case, the punctuation mark would be a period.
Example of an MLA Eighth Edition Works Cited Page:
Patterson, James, and Chris Grabenstein. House of Robots. Little, Brown and Co., 2014.
Patterson, James, and Chris Tebbetts. Middle School: Get Me Out of Here. Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Sparks, Nicholas. Dear John. Grand Central, 2007, p. 82.
– – – . A Walk to Remember. Warner, 1999.
Twenty-Eight Days Later. Directed by Danny Boyle, produced by Alex Garland, Fox
Searchlight Pictures, 2002.
Embedded Citations - MLA 8th Edition
APA Citations - The Sixth Edition
Embedded Citations - APA Format
Research - Completing Your References Page in APA Format
One of the easiest tools to use when creating a references page is Citation Machine. If you go to www.citationmachine.net , you can input your book, magazine, website, film or other resource and the citation will be created for you! Please keep in mind that if some parts of the citation are missing, you can easily fill them in using Citation Machine.
Finally, many of the databases create the citation for you! When you are in a database and you are looking at an article, look to the top or the left of the article to find a citation tools like (in some databases it will look like a check mark). If you click on that link and select APA formatting, the citation will be created for you and then you can copy and paste it into your references page.
When completing your references page, there are a few key things to remember:
- It should be in alphabetical by author's last name. If there is no author, then it should be in alphabetical order by whatever letter comes first in the citation.
- The second line should be indented. You can do this by pressing "Enter" and then "Tab".
- You do not have to number your citations.
- You do not have to put your list of citations into categories (i.e. books, magazines, websites, etc.).
- You should only include resources that you actually used in your research. If you looked at it, but did not use it, it should not be included in your works cited.
References Page EXAMPLE – APA FORMAT
References
Atwood, M. (2003). Oryx and Crake. London: Bloomsbury.
Harris, J. (2002). Five quarters of an orange. Boston, MA: Harper.
Packer, A. (2003). The dive from Clausen's Pier. New York: Vintage Books.
Policy.ca. (2000-2006). Retrieved March 1, 2007, from http://www.policy.ca.
Westerfeld, S. (2005). Uglies. New York: Simon Pulse.