Friday, February 02, 2007

Working Bibliography

Post your working bibliography to your blog and bring a printed copy with you to class on Tuesday, 2/6.

Your working bibliography should be as complete and exhaustive as possible. It should contain ALL books, journals, articles, and other library resources that are relevant to your particular project -- aim for at least 50 references, with at least 20 from non-book sources such as journals, online sources, newspapers, magazines, interviews, films, recordings, etc. It should contain not only sources available at Belk Library, but elsewhere as well.

Your working bibliography should be in MLA format (Modern Language Association). There are copies of this guide available at the reserve desk in the library. A quick reference guide to MLA format can also be found at: http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/mlagd.php

Your working bibliography will change and develop over time as you continue your research. Some sources may drop out as you realize they lack relevance, while other sources, or even whole new categories of sources, may be added. Your working bibliography should reflect a broad and deep search into the published resource materials relevant to your topic.

1 comment:

erin stanforth said...

Derek,
i know that this is extremely short notice, but last week i read an article on educational sustainability and it sparked an idea i had my sophmore year. i have decided to change my topic to sustainable education within public school systems concentrating on middle schools and high schools focusing on agriculture i.e. community gardens and how they can improve behavior problems within the school. unfortunately, i have not done any research on the topic....so i cannot present any research. my apologies. erin