Online Etymology Dictionary — Learn about the origins of the words in our everyday language.
MLA Reference Formats — In case you don’t have your agenda handy, you’ll find examples of how to cite and reference books, magazines, websites, etc. here.
Another MLA Reference/Citation Guide — with examples
EBSCO — online databases for research purposes. Some basic guidelines follow …
1. Follow link on my blog under “Reference Links” on the right hand side. [Already here!]
2. Click on EBSCO, then enter login and password …
Login: peiebsco Password: level3
3. Once inside, click on EBSCO Host. A number of databases that you may search appears. Check off Canadian Reference Centre, the first one in the list. Click Continue at the bottom of the page.
4. The search page comes up next. Type some keywords in the search box at the top. You have some other options you may use to narrow your search below:
- Check off the options Apply Related Words and Search within the full text at the top to expand your results.
- Check off Full Text to see the entire text of the articles.
- If you want to limit results to a certain time frame, enter those years where indicated.
- You can select a certain Publication Type (e.g. newspaper, magazine, etc.) if you like, but to guarantee the best results, leave this at All at first.
- If you’re looking for images, check off Image Quick View at the bottom, and you can select the types of images you want from the list at the right.
Click SEARCH at the bottom of the page once you’re satisfied.
5. Results will be displayed in order from newest to oldest; click on HTML Full Text to see each article.
6. There are options for printing and saving articles using the icons on the right side of the results page; anyone interested in saving their articles can talk to me about creating a folder for storing them.
7. To begin a new search, go to the top of the page to the search box, type your new words, and continue on as before.
8. When done, click Exit at the top right corner of the page and you’ll log out.
