NoodleTools is a wonderful online platform that assists students in the writing and research process. This tool is particularly helpful for creating and storing citations and annotations all in one place, with the option to create an annotated bibliography draft based on the material entered or imported onto the platform.
NoodleTools is free for Ivy Tech students (and faculty) to use with a basic sign up process, and additional guidance on how to use it is available from the Library Director.
Your instructor assigned an assignment that requires using two or more "scholarly" sources. What does that mean? How do you find scholarly sources? Why can't you use newspapers, magazines, websites, etc.?
Peer-reviewed articles (also known as "scholarly articles" or "academic articles") are articles that have been reviewed and approved as valid and relevant by experts within a particular field of study.
Instructors might require students to use only peer-reviewed material as part of assignment guidelines.
To locate peer-reviewed articles within Ivy Tech databases, try these search tips:
1. Locate the appropriate search filter by scrolling through delimiter options on the search page. The database aggregate EBSCOhost, for example, provides a delimiter that refines search results for only peer reviewed articles.
2. Look for additional filters that might appear under a different name. For example, other resources like Social Sciences Full Text offer an option to select "Academic Journal" as a Publication Type. This filter returns only search results from journals that specialize in providing scholarly peer-reviewed resources.
3. Look for databases that specialize in offering only scholarly material. Databases like the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection only publish peer-reviewed, academic articles, so no filter is typically necessary when searching this resource, unless you wish to select a particular document type within the database, like a case study.
1994. 25 min. This fascinating film analyzes why Martin Luther King Jr.'s extraordinary 1963 speech was so effective. The film combines film sequences from the speech, historical photos from the Civil Rights movement, and graphics with an appreciative and probing examination of King's use of words and images.
Find this film and more through the Library's KANOPY streaming subscription.
A video to help anyone who fears public speaking. It can range from feeling slightly nervous to paralyzing fear and panic. Public speaking creates anxiety because we are concerned that others will judge us. And they do. We feel vulnerable and this is understandable. In this video psychologists Eve Ash and Peter Quarry provide a range of strategies to manage public speaking anxiety. The best coping strategies will be different for each person. You can learn strategies to manage anxiety in both the lead up to the presentation and the day of the presentation or talk. Discover ways to create interest in your talk and some mind and body techniques to manage anxiety on the day.
Find this video and many others in the Library's free Academic Video Online [AVON] collection.
AUDIO RESOURCES
Catalog of audiobooks, includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry, political speeches, etc.
Vast catalog of streaming music selections with emphasis on Jazz. Access individual works or playlists
Vast catalog of streaming music selections with emphasis on Classical. Access individual works or playlists
REFERENCE LIST CITATION TIP - WORK IN A COLLECTION:
Bartlett's is a comprehensive web archive that is based on the print edition of Bartlett's book.
In this situation, you have both an "author" (the person quoted) and an editor or composer because Bartlett is responsible for collecting the quotations. In addition, yet another editor stepped in after Bartlett to revise and expand the original work.
This Reference list citation would attribute the author/person quoted as well as the original and subsequent editors, so the Ref list citation would look something like this:
Alcott, L.M. (1899). J. Bartlett, comp. Familiar quotations
(10th ed.). Rev. and enl.by N.H. Dole. Boston: Little,
Brown, 1919. Bartleby.com, 2000. https://www.bartleby.com
/lit-hub/familiar-quotations/
IN-TEXT / IN SPEECH CITATION TIP:
Regardless of how complicated the Reference list citation is for this particular quote, your goal is to direct your audience back to the source as listed on the References page.
In this example, the quote was made by Louisa May Alcott, and she is listed as the primary source on the Reference list.
A leading phrase within an outline / speech would direct the audience similarly:
Louisa May Alcott (1899) once said, "......" OR According to Louisa May Alcott (1899)...
REFERENCE LIST CITATION TIP - PAGE ON A WEBSITE:
Reference list citations for the following resources would use APA Page on a Website citation style:
For example, a speech utilizing a quote from James Earl Jones might look like this based on the source material:
Jones, J.E. (n.d.). James Earl Jones quotes. Brainyquote.com.
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/
james_earl_jones_125785
NOTE: n.d. is used in this circumstance because no date for when the quote was made is provided.
The in-text / in-speech citation would cross- reference to Jones because that is how the source is listed on the Reference page.
