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Compare & Contrast: U.S., U.K, Iran, Russia: Citations

Directions

Citations

For this project, cite all sources for your country information, government, history and news. View screencasts below for directions:

  • World Geography and CIA World Factbook
  • When finished, EXPORT your sources to Google Docs to share and turn in
  • Optional:
    • Course reading: chapter from a book written by O'Neil or Wood
      • For the Ethel Wood reading: cite a chapter in a print book and type each field when adding a new source (tutorial video is below)
      • For the O'Neil reading, import the publication information using the ISBN: 9780393912784
  • When finished, EXPORT your sources to Google Docs to share and turn in

 

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Perdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab)

  • MLA Formatting and Style Guide
  • MLA In-Text Citations: The Basics
    • Within your essay, you'll cite each source to give credit to the author/source at the end of a sentence with parentheses. This is called parenthetical citation.
      • Example from Purdue OWL; includes the author and page number within parentheses (if no page number, use the author only): 
        • Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263).  

NoodleTools

NoodleTools

Access Noodletools through your FCPS Google Apps.

  • Log in to your FCPS Google account @fcpsschools.net
  • Click on the Google Apps Navigation Box (App picker - box of nine dots) 
  • Scroll down to: More
  • Select: Noodletools

This video instructs students on how to:

  • Log in to NoodleTools through Google Apps @fcpsschools.net
  • Add a citation from a library database in two ways:
    • Download directly from a database into a NoodleTools project, or
    • Copy/Paste a citation generated by a library database
  • Add a book citation quickly using the book's ISBN
  • Print or Export a perfect list of Works Cited to turn in