LibGuides: FYSE 125 Healing Journeys Around the Hispanic World -- Owens: Home

In Today's Session We Will...

Understand how to find news and academic journal articles in the library Discovery Service and individual databases
Understand how to properly format MLA in-text and bibliographic citations
Learn how to find reusable images online
Know how to get help!

Links for Today's Class

In-class Activity
In the second half of class, you'll use this link to find a source for your project.
Session Evaluation
If you missed following the link at the end of the in-class activity, you can take the survey here.

Background Research

It can be useful to look at some reference sources (like encyclopedias) when you are beginning research on an unfamiliar topic. Typically, you would not cite these sources in a scholarly paper. Credo is a library database filled with encyclopedias and other reference works.

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Search for a general topic in Credo to learn basic information. Use the Mind Map tool to brainstorm more specific topics and keywords.

Individual News Resources from CofC Libraries

Access World News Research Collection This link opens in a new window
Current and archived information from thousands of local, regional, national, and international news sources including newspaper titles, newswires, web editions, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents, and other publications. Also Included in this collection are Ethnic, African American, Military, Government & Defense, South Carolina news sources image editions of The Post and Courier and The State.

Your CofC email address gets you full access to the New York Times online platform, including the NYT mobile apps.

New York Times This link opens in a new window
To access The New York Times Online, College of Charleston students, faculty and staff must create an account by clicking the link above, searching for and selecting "College of Charleston" from the list, clicking "Create Account" and completing the registration using their CofC email address, and finally, verifying their accounts through the confirmation email sent by The New York Times. Once registered and verified, College of Charleston students, faculty, and staff can access The New York Times Online (NYTimes.com), including the archives (dating back to 1851), podcasts, newsletters, videos and more. Faculty and staff will need to re-verify their account annually.

MLA In-Text Citations and Bibliography

When you paraphrase or directly quote one of your sources in your paper, you will need to include a properly formatted in-text citation. You'll also include all your sources in a bibliography at the end of your paper.

Here is an example:

In-Text:

The cushion sea star population on Bocas del Toro, Panama, has declined due to increased tourist activity on beaches (Scott).

Bibliography:

Scott, Blake C. "Sea Stars Disappear from Beach in Panama." HuffPost, 6 Dec. 2017, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sea-stars-disappear-from-

_b_12788512. Accessed 8 Apr. 2020.

There are many variables in creating citations, so it's helpful to have a go-to resource for guidelines and examples. In addition to the CofC Citation Styles guide, the following guide from Columbia College offers clear, detailed guidance.

MLA Style

MLA Handbook 9th Edition by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: LB2369 .M52 2021
ISBN: 9781603293518
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
The MLA Handbook is the official guide to MLA style. You can find the most recent MLA Handbook in the second floor stacks or at the Access & Instruction Desk on the first floor.

Finding Reusable Images Online

The Internet contains millions of images, and it is usually easy to download a copy of an image for reuse in a presentation or some other project.
Keep in mind two things:

Image quality: Many online images are formatted to load quickly on screen, and they may look pixilated if you enlarge them for a presentation slide or print them in a paper.
Copyright: While using an image in an assignment is generally allowed under educational fair use, images online are protected by copyright just like other types of creative works (books, videos, music, etc). It's good practice to provide credit (attribution) when you use someone else's image, and if you know where to look, you can search specifically for images that come with permissions to reuse them.

Using Google Images

One way to find these images is through a Google image search. Do a regular search on Google, then click Images, or start at images.google.com.

Use the Tools to find images that are high quality and licensed for reuse:

Click Size and select Large.
Click Usage Rights and select the best one for your purposes. Labeled for Reuse with Modification offers the most flexibility.

Other Places to find Images

Many of the images online that can be freely reused have something called a Creative Commons license. Look for the CC logo as you are searching. There are different types of CC licenses, but all of them allow you to use a CC-licensed work for noncommercial purposes (like education), as long as you credit the person who created it.

Try some of the following sites to find high-quality, reusable images licensed with Creative Commons or similar open licenses.

Unsplash
Free photos
Pexels
Creative commons stock photos for button making and other projects.
Creative Commons image search tool
Use this tool to search a variety of search engines, specifying some of the license terms you want.
Smithsonian Open Access
Download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images.
How to cite images in MLA style
In particular, look for the "Artwork From an Online Source" section.

Online Maps

CIA Maps
Downloadable maps of countries around the world produced by the US Central Intelligence Agency.
Harvard Geospatial Library
A place to search for and download many types of geospatial data. Data sets are available from around the world at various scales, from global to local.