Research Aids

A. Sources (you need at least 4 different sources)

Internet (authoritative websites)

• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops  http://www.usccb.org/
• Catholic Resources by Fr. Felix Just  http://catholic-resources.org/
• Bible.org  https://bible.org/
• Narrow Gate    http://www.narrowgate-rmartin.com/theo10_classnotes/index.htm
• Old Testament Gateway    http://otgateway.com/

Books/Reference Works/Databases

• New Catholic Encyclopedia print or online (pw is hcosa) http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7C9780787676940&v=2.1&u=tlc209050002&it=etoc&p=GVRL&sw=w

• Collegeville Bible Commentaries (can make copies)
• Catholic Study Bible (use the Reading Guide for your book found in the front of the Bible)
• Study Companion to Old Testament Literature
• New Jerome Bible Handbook

B. MLA Format and Citation Help

• Purdue Owl (basic MLA format)  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

• Purdue Owl (in text citations)  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/

• Noodle Tools Express citation maker  http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/express.php

• Noodle Tools Research Helper  http://www.noodletools.com
(make an account – start with hcosa1/hcosa2. Do your whole paper with this!)

• MLA Handbook 7th edition (in library near dictionaries)

C. Works Cited Examples

Citation for a book:

Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher,

Year of Publication. Medium of Publication.

Citing an article from a reference book, like an encyclopedia:

Lastname, First name. “Title of Essay.” Title of Collection.

City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium

of Publication.

Example:
Hill, W. “Book of Isaiah.” New Catholic Encyclopedia. Detroit: Gale,

2003. 594-599. Print.

Citing an article from a web site:

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site. Version

number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site

(sponsor or publisher), date of resource creation (if available).

Medium of publication. Date of access.

Example:
Ross, Allan. “Introduction to the Study of the Book of Isaiah.”

Bible.Org. 2004. Web. 14 Nov 2014.

Note: Sources should be in alphabetical order, but first word of citation. Double space, with all lines after first one, indented.