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RDG091 Exploration of Short Story/Novel Topics

This guide helps students to research the topics related to their chosen reading, provides help with citation

Story from a book

GENERAL FORMAT:

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of the Story."Title of the Book, edited by Editor's Name(s), translated by Translator's Name(s), Publisher, Year, Page range of the story.

EXAMPLE:

Kafka, Frantz. "The Metamorphosis." The Metamorphosis and Other Stories, translated by Donna Freed, Barnes & Nobel Classics, 2003, pp. 5-52.

Story from e-book

GENERAL FORMAT:

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of the Story."Title of the Book, edited by Editor's Name(s), Publisher, Year, Database, URL

EXAMPLE:

Allen, Gilbert. "Speed Dating." The Final Days of Great American Shopping: Stories Past, Present, and Future, The University of South Carolina Press, 2016. EBSCOhost, http://libproxy.gc.maricopa.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=e000xna&AN=1086917&site=ehost-live&scope=site&ebv=EK&ppid=Page-__-28.

Novel

GENERAL FORMAT:

Author's Last Name, First Name.Title of Book. Publisher, Publication Date.

EXAMPLE:

Tolstoy, Leo. Resurrection. Penguin classics, 2009.

Article

GENERAL FORMAT:

Author's Last name, First name. "Title of the Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages. Database, DOI or URL.

EXAMPLE:

LaMotte, Adam D., et al. "Newlyweds’ perceptions of partner conflict behaviors and change in intimate safety over time." Journal of Family Psychology, vol. 31, no. 1, Feb. 2017, pp. 123-128. EBSCOhost, http://libproxy.gc.maricopa.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pdh&AN=2016-42152-001&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Wikipedia Entry

GENERAL FORMAT:

"Title of Entry." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Day Month Year entry was last modified, Time entry was last modified, URL of entry. Date of access.

EXAMPLE:

"Newlywed." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 Dec. 2016, 17:13, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newlywed. Accessed 24 July 2017.

Website

GENERAL FORMAT:

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version number, Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource created or updated (if available), URL, DOI or permalink. Date of access.

EXAMPLE:

EPA: United States Environmental Protection Agency. 26 Jan. 2017, www.epa.gov. Accessed 28 Jan. 2017.

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