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Schedule an MLA check with the Librarians between Oct 30th-Nov 2nd.

1. Not all information is online.
   
   Billions of scholarly works were created and published in print before (and since) the dawn of the Internet search engine and the crowdsourced encyclopedia. Academic libraries collect scholarly works in all formats to serve our users' needs.
    
2. Not all information is free.
   
   As the adage says: You get what you pay for. Libraries spend lots of money collecting and preserving access to scholarly works appropriate for the research needs of our primary users--undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. Generally, the more work and expertise that goes into creating a publication, the more costly it is.
    
3. Open access is great, but we're still the experts at collecting and organizing information (in all formats).
   
   There is an open-access movement to make scholarly works available to everyone, but libraries still facilitate organized access to those sources through our research databases. Subject-specific databases, like Criminal Justice Abstracts or Women's Studies International, provide a portal for finding the best scholarly works in a given field. In addition, each of these databases have "tagged" articles with terms identifying the main concepts (these are usually called "subject terms") to help you identify articles on your topic.
    
4. We're service oriented.
   
   The librarians at Beaver campus library know our collections, know your assignments, and want to help you succeed at Penn State. All you need to do is ask!  

Description:     Select an EVENT that has occurred in history.  Discuss briefly what led up to that event (cause) and then, at length, discuss the effect (s) that event has had on society.

Try to avoid the “easy” topics such as world wars, the events of 9/11, Chernobyl, etc.  Instead concentrate on your hobbies, field of study and interests.

Be sure that your paper focuses on a specific event.  This assignment is not your typical research paper.  If it is not easily determinable which event is the focus of your paper, the highest content grade you will receive is a 75.  If you do not use any in-text citations, you will receive a zero on the assignment as most or all information would be plagiarized.

Requirements:

·         Must include at least three credible sources (Wikipedia is not credible).

·         Must be a minimum of 3 pages.

·         Must briefly include the cause (s) (what led up to the problem), and focus primarily on the effect (s) that event has had on society.

·         Must include a Works Cited page, MLA format.

·         Must be firmly supported with research, especially the effects. Do not merely use research to lay out the details of the event.  Use it to also back up the claims that you make.

·         Must include in-text citation after every borrowed word AND idea. In-text citations should not appear only at the end of a paragraph.  They should appear after a borrowed idea or quotes words, before you include any of your own original thoughts.