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Library Essentials

Citing Sources Using MLA

MLA Handbook, 9th Ed. by The Modern Language Association of America The official MLA Handbook. Copies are available at all USM Libraries for use in the Library. Relied on by generations of writers, the MLA Handbook is published by the Modern Language Association and is the only official, authorized book on MLA style. The 9th edition builds on the MLA's unique approach to documenting sources using a template of core elements?facts, common to most sources, like author, title, and publication date?that allows writers to cite any type of work, from books, e-books, and journal articles in databases to song lyrics, online images, social media posts, dissertations, and more. With this focus on source evaluation as the cornerstone of citation, MLA style promotes the skills of information and digital literacy so crucial today. etc.
Call Number: GOR POR LAC Ref LB 2369 .M52 2021
ISBN: 9781603293518
Publication Date: 2021

Other Definitive Sources for APA

A Writer's Reference, 10th Edition by Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
Call Number: USM POR, GOR, & LAC Reference PE1408 .H2778 2021
ISBN: 9781319191887
Publication Date: 2021

OWL Writing Lab-- Purdue University

APA (American Psychological Association)

Databases for English

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete is a large scholarly, multidisciplinary, full-text database, with more than 7,400 full-text periodicals, including more than 6,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 11,500 scholarly, popular, trade, and special interest serials, and a total of more than 12,000 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and more. Updated daily.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is a full text digital archive of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage generally begins with the first issuse running to within 3 years of present. Current issues of journals are often available from other USM databases.
Sociology Collection (Includes Sociological Abstracts) This link opens in a new window
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ProQuest's Sociology Collection indexes the literature of sociology and related disciplines, including anthropology, criminology, demography, education, gerontology, mental health, minority studies, political science, public health, social psychology, social work, urban studies, welfare programs, and women's studies. Content types covered include journals, books, conference papers, and doctoral dissertations. Sociology Collection incorporates the indexing from Sociological Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA), and Sociology Database into a single resource; each may also be searched separately. Sociology Collection includes full text articles from approximately 500 journals; it links to many more full text journals in other databases and journal collections, depending in part on each UMS library's subscriptions.