Personal Essay Project - FYW 100P- 02 - Introduction to Academic Writing PLUS / Hayes, Sean - James P. Adams Library at James P. Adams Library

Examples of Reference Entries

The following examples were located using Credo Reference.

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The Oxford Companion to Food
Thousands of entries provide coverage on every possible food, its history, cultural significance, and culinary usage.
Sydney Opera House
Key Buildings from Prehistory to the Present
This book features some of the most important buildings in the history of world architecture - from the pyramids and Parthenon to some of the most significant works by recent architects.
Dollywood
Dictionary of Eponyms
An eponym is the name of a person after whom something is named, for example Lord Sandwich gave his name to the sandwich. This book tells the stories of nearly one thousand men and women whose names have become part of the English language.

Assignment Instructions

5 page minimum narrative research essay about the best meal you've ever had or the best trip you've ever taken. Throughout your essay, you must have three points of research and include include at least three sources on a works cited page in MLA format. Some examples of research could include the cultural or historical significance of the meal or the historical information on the place you visited.

Electronic Reference Resources

Electronic Reference Resources are great places to start for background information and basic facts about a topic. These sources can help when writing reports, or to help get you acquainted with a topic that you need to research further.

Finding Physical Books

For more information about finding books through the catalog and on the shelves, please see Books & eBooks

The Library of Congress system makes it easy to browse the shelves because related books are generally shelved together. For this assignment, books within the following classes may be of interest to you:

Finding Electronic Items in the Catalog

To search the catalog for only items that are fully accessible online, utilize the "Full Text" filter under "Limit To." This will show you results in a variety of formats (articles, ebooks, videos, etc.) that can be accessed immediately online.

Online Resources

CIA World Factbook
Provides basic data on the history, population, geography, economy, and other issues for world nations. It also offers various maps categorizing countries by geography and politics.
Oxford English Dictionary
More than just definitions - this dictionary interface also provides etymology, pronunciation, dates and frequency of use.
WordReference
Online language dictionaries. Provide translations, definitions, and conjugations.

High-Quality Images

JSTOR/ArtSTOR Images
Maybe you visited an art museum on your favorite trip but didn't get a photo of your favorite piece, or maybe you paid a visit to one of the buildings that ArtSTOR has photos and drawings of.
Run a search or browse collections with images, narrow down to images in Artstor collections, or navigate by classifications and geography.
CIA World Factbook
The World Factbook provides basic intelligence on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.
Each country page typically contains high-quality photographs in the public domain.

Finding and Using Good Images
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Visible Earth
A catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet.
Image Use Policy
Most images published in Visible Earth are freely available for re-publication or re-use, including commercial purposes, except for where copyright is indicated. In those cases you must obtain the copyright holder’s permission; we usually provide links to the organization that holds the copyright.
We ask that you use the credit statement attached with each image or else credit Visible Earth; the only mandatory credit is NASA.