Modern Language Association- Research Methodology

Modern Language Association: Research Methodology

1. MLA R esearch Methodology Handbook- Ninth Edition

2. Research Methodology What is Research? Research is a way of Exploring, Asking questions Finding Answers Solving problems It is a systematic effort to gain knowledge.

3. Research Methodology Importance of research? To get a degree To solve the unsolved To have intellectual joy /creative work

4. Research Methodology Steps of research Chose a subject : Based on an idea Based on your experience Based on your reading Originality

5. Steps of research Research question Literature search Read the original Read articles Prepare a synopsis Use a format MLA format Confine to the demands by the university

6. Steps of research Research question Literature search Read the original Read articles Prepare a synopsis Use a format MLA format Confine to the demands by the university

7. What is MLA? 01 MLA The MLA (Modern Language Association) is an organization that provides guidelines for formatting papers and citing research sources within the liberal arts and humanities.

8. MLA regulates: Document format In-text citations Works-cited list New Tetament MLA 9

9. Use standard-sized paper, 8 ½ x 11 inches. Use an easily readable font (e.g., Times New Roman, 12 pt .) All margins (top, bottom, and sides) should be one inch wide. Type the paper double-spaced. Do not justify the right margin. Document format MLA

10. Indent the first line of each paragraph five spaces or 1/2 ”. There is no separate title page Number each page in the upper right corner, ½ inch from the top of the page Include your last name + page number. Eg. Smith 2 Title case capitalization for headings.Eg . Mysticism and Reality Document format MLA

11. Italicized Titles Titles of books, plays, websites, online databases, films, magazines, journals, etc. Example : Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet will be presented at the College Theater in October. Document format MLA

12. Titles in quotation marks: Use quotation marks for titles of works published within a larger work: Titles of essays, Poems, An article in a journal, A short story in a collection, A chapter in a book, A webpage on a larger website, etc. Document format MLA Goldman, Anne. “Questions of Transport: Reading Primo Levi Reading Dante.”  The Georgia Review , vol. 64, no. 1, spring 2010, pp. 69-88.  JSTOR , www.jstor.org/stable/41403188.

13. Works Cited page The  Works Cited  list is included on a separate page at the end of your paper. Place the title “Works Cited” in the center at the top of the page. Alphabetical order Don’t include sources that weren’t cited in the paper Hanging indent ( each line after the first should be indented ½ inch)

14. Works Cited Adams, Amanda. Citing Sources: How to Cite a Book . Academic Press, 2019. Barnes, Barney. “A Chapter in an Edited Collection.” A Book of Examples , edited by John Smith, Academic Press, 2019, pp. 25–35. Cox, Christopher, and Brian D. Smith. “The Title of the Article.” Website Name , 15 Sept. 2019, www.scribbr.com/page. Dayton, Daniels, and Bob Matthew Williams. “Journal Article Title.” Journal of Academic Research , vol. 32, no. 15, 2014, pp. 232–265, https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2018.1560449. Fox, Ferdinant , et al. The Basics of Citing in MLA Style . 2nd ed., Scribbr Press, 2008.

15. Works Cited entry

16. Works Cited entry Author’s Last Name, First Name.  Title of Book .  Edition,   Publisher,   Year of publication . Smith, Thomas. The Citation Manual for Students: A Quick Guide . 2nd ed., Wiley, 2020.

17. Gore, Albert. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It . Rodale, 2006. In-text citation: (Gore 32) Book with Single Author

18. Michaels, Patrick, and Robert Balling. The Satanic Gases: Clearing the Air About Global Warming. Cato Institute,2000. In-text citation: (Michaels and Balling 107) Book with Two Authors:

19. Charon,Rita , et al.The Principles and Narratives . Oxford UP, 2017. In-text citation: (Charon107) Book with Three or more Authors:

20. Galley, Krista, editor. Global Climate Change and Wildlife in North America . Wildlife Society, 2004. In-text citation: (Galley 125) Book with Editor as Author:

21. MLA Handbook . 9th ed. Modern Language Association of America, 2021. Books with multiple editions

22. “Climate Change.” United States Environmental Protection Agency , 9 Aug. 2016, www.epa.gov/climatechange/. Accessed 16 Aug. 2016. In-text citation: (“Climate Change”) Website:

23. Connell, R. W., and James W. Messerschmidt. “Hegemonic Masculinity: Rethinking the Concept.” Gender and Society , vol. 19, no. 6, 2005, pp. 829–59. In-text citation:(Connell and James) Article in a scholarly journal

24. Othello . Directed by Stuart Burge, performances by Laurence Olivier, et al. Warner Home Video, 2007. In-text citation: (Othello) A Film :

25. EX: (Author quoted but not named in text) At the school of the Bobadilla sisters, older girls were taught how to sew, knit, crochet, and read, “but they will not learn how to write, so that even if they receive a love letter, they will not be able to write one back” (Alvarez 16). Parenthetical citation

26. Author named in text with a quote Joseph Campbell regards the myth as “living inspiration of whatever else may have appeared out of the activities of the human body and mind” (1). Parenthetical citation