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The Assignment

English 1301: Library Project
This is a .docx file of the assignment. The English 1301 Library Project is designed to help students learn to navigate some of the basic library resources and introduce them to MLA citation style, used for documenting sources in English and other humanities courses. Submit this sheet and typed MLA citations to instructor by the date due.
LSC-O's MLA 9th Ed. Quick Guide
This is a document of LSCO's MLA Style Guide, put together by the librarians here at LSCO.

Question 1

Use the Library Catalog to search for books by and about your assigned author.

1. To find books written by or about your author, select the AUTHOR or SUBJECT search then type your author's name in the search bar. Select one of the titles to answer the questions for #1 of the project.

GatorSearch

Use Gator Search to find eBooks, journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles, videos on your topic.

Gator Search is the single search service that allows us to search nearly all of the resources available from the library with only one search.

Questions 2-4

2. Search GATORSearch for a scholarly article about your author's life of works. Select one of the titles to answer the questions for #2 of the project.

3. Search GATORSearch for a news article published within the last two years about your topic. Select one of the titles to answer the questions for #3 of the project.

4. Search GATORSearch for a magazine article about your topic published in one of the following weekly magazines: Newsweek, National Review, or Macleans. Select one of the titles to answer the questions for #4 of the project.