When looking for resources to complete this assignment, look at the boxes below for which databases are good to use based on what type of resource is needed. For example, articles about Kate Chopin, use one of the literature databases.
You can also use other pages in this LibGuide (Research Guide) to help find resources for this assignment. Under the Stories and Plays pull down menu, you can find individual author pages.
This assignment is intended to help you get acquainted with creating MLA citations. Below you will find tips for finding the materials that you need to cite. In the box called MLA Citation Tools, you will find a variety of resources that assist with creating MLA Citations.
Any time you are asked to locate a book, you will use the Library Catalog.
The databases listed below are excellent sources to use when needing to find critiques or literary criticisms, literary analysis, character and plot summaries, thematic information.
Questions 1.a and 4 and 10 on the MLA Citation Exercise Assignment can be answered using one of the following literature databases.
The following databases are good ones to use when you aren't sure what database to use. These databases cover a large variety of topics. Search for journal, magazine and newspaper articles.
The following databases listed can be used to find newspaper articles from local, Tampa and Florida newspapers as well as newspapers around the United States.
The following resource is excellent to use when needing to find the meaning of a word, etymology of a word.