Research Checklist

Goal:    to gather all of the information needed for MLA format documentation
Time:    60 minutes
Instructions: For this activity you will gather the following information for each type of source you have found.
You can open this document in Word and type the information.

Internet Sources
Author/Creator of site or document__________________________________________________________
Title of the web site or document___________________________________________________________
URL _________________________________________________________________________________
Date site or document was created__________________________________________________________
Last updated___________________________________________________________________________
Date you accessed site or document_________________________________________________________

Articles in Scholarly Journals
Author ________________________________________________________________________________
Article Title ____________________________________________________________________________
Journal Title ___________________________________________________________________________
Volume _______________________________________________________________________________
Number _______________________________________________________________________________
Date__________________________________________________________________________________
Page Numbers__________________________________________________________________________

Articles in Newspapers
Author________________________________________________________________________________
Article Title ____________________________________________________________________________
Newspaper Title ________________________________________________________________________
Date__________________________________________________________________________________
Page Numbers__________________________________________________________________________

Articles in Popular Magazines
Author ________________________________________________________________________________
Article Title ____________________________________________________________________________
Magazine Title _________________________________________________________________________
Date__________________________________________________________________________________
Page Numbers__________________________________________________________________________

Government Documents
Government Agency_____________________________________________________________________
Document Title_________________________________________________________________________
Edition Number_________________________________________________________________________
City of Publication_______________________________________________________________________
Date__________________________________________________________________________________
 
Books
Author(s)/Editors _______________________________________________________________________
Title__________________________________________________________________________________
Publisher______________________________________________________________________________
Place of Publication______________________________________________________________________
Date __________________________________________________________________________________