MLA Format on Purdue OWL
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Purdue OWL's MLA GuideThe Purdue OWL is the among the most trusted resources that provides reliable guidance for correct citation formatting according to the MLA's style guide.
Finding Books
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Monroe Library CatalogOur library catalog contains books, ebooks, DVDs, and other media. Database contents and serials are not included in the catalog's contents, but diacriticals are included in its search capabilities.
Finding Articles
Academic Search Complete and JSTOR are both databases containing articles from scholarly journals that will help you find peer-reviewed sources. Both are multi-disciplinary databases, but only JSTOR is entirely full-text.
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Academic Search CompleteFind articles in all subject areas in over 17,000 journals and magazines, with full text for most. Updated daily. Dates vary, some as early as 1865 to present.
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JSTORFull-text scholarly journals in many subject areas. We have Arts & Sciences I through X and Life Sciences. JSTOR has the beginning of each journal to 3, 4 or 5 years ago. How-to videos.
Newspapers
The New York Times is widely considered to be one of the newspapers of record for events and news coverage in the U.S. Other newspapers listed below cover more localized areas of the country and, while they may provide less in-depth coverage of events, may often contain items of regional interest that are not included in large, national newspapers.
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Access World NewsA full-text collection of over 6700 primarily U.S. newspapers. Source for the New Orleans Advocate and Times-Picayune.
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Chicago DefenderHistoric African-American newspaper for 1909-1975 for primary coverage of civil rights movement and more.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune 1989-presentSearch or browse for full text of the New Orleans daily newspaper, the Times-Picayune. Part of America's News. 1989 to present.
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New York Times (Historical)Article and page images of every issue of the New York Times newspaper from 1851 through 2014.
