Citing+ProQuest+Central+K12

In high school and college there is a requirement of a citation pag for your homework, assignments, or projects. Today I will be showig you how to cite information you find on the internet database, Proquest Central K12. Such as a book or magazine. This is how you do it:

Go to ProQuest central K12 and in you search bar type in your topic. When you find the article you are looking for it is time to cite it. To help cite your work follow the MLA style guide found under Library/Media services on Merion’s website. ([|www.merion-mercy.com]) The information you need from the article is below towards the end of the page and above the article. You need to cite the author name should go in the order of last, first middle initial. Next will be you title, which should be in quotes with a period before the last quote. Following the title, will be the name of the journal, which the article is in and the name will be in italics. The volume goes next in parentheses. A semi colon follows the volume then the page numbers with a period at the end. Your data base is should be italicized. The date when you read the article goes next in this order date month year the a period at the end. Lastly, you will have the URL. Completed examples are below.

1.Edge, Kristen. “ Young blood to sniff out crime.” //The Northern Advocate// ( 2010): A3//. ProQuest Central 12.// 12 Dec. 2010. []

Work Cited Almond, Lucinda. The Abortion Controversy. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Andersen, Lydia. Immigration. New York: Watts, 1981.  Bardhan-Quallen, Sudipta. AIDS. Farmington, MI: Lucent Books, 2005.  Becker, David A. and Cynthia S. Becker. Problems with Death: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2006.  Cefrey, Holly. AIDS. New York: Rosen, 2001.  Danticat, Edwidge. Brother, I’m Dying. New York: Vintage Books, 2008.  De la Garza, Amanda. Biomass: Energy from Plants and Animals. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Print.  Desonie, Dana. Climate: Causes and Effects of Climate Change. New York: Chelsea, 2008. Print.  Dudley, William. Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2006.  Eiseman, Alberta. From Many Lands. New York: Antheneum, 1970.  Gelletly, LeeAnn. AIDS and Health Issues. Philadelphia, PA: Mason Crest Publishers, 2007.  Gore, Albert. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We can do About it. New York: Rodale, 2006. Print.  Haley, James. Death and Dying. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2003.  Harris, Nancy. The Ethnics of Euthanasia. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2005.  Haugen, David M. Is Global Warming a Threat? Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Print. Houle, Michelle. AIDS in the 21st Century: What You Should Know. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2010.

To start log into your computer and open up the internet. Next go to the Merion Mercy Academy website and in the left margin there is a list of links. Click on Electronic Databases. When the pages loads scroll down and click on Proquest Central K12. When on Proquest Central K12 it will ask for a username and password. Just go to Mrs. Espitsito's eBoard and there will be a not for off campus use. Once you are secure and on the database you can search to your likings. When done finding your information here is the way to cite your search results for a book. First look for the author and indent his/her last then first name and end it with a period. Next find the title and write it in quotations and again end with a period. Then look for other information of the database and the form of publication. For extra help just use the following citation as a guide.

2. Oatman, Maddie. "Dog,Inc.:The Uncanny Inside Story of Cloning Man's Best Friend. //Mother Jones// (2011). //Proquest Central K12.// 14 Dec. 2010. [|http://www.proquestk12.com]

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