WR 323: Writing with Style

The Media Project asks you to plunge deeply into one of these intellectual magazines:

• Atlantic Monthly AP2.A7 (Print 1857-present; Online 1993-present)
• Harper's AP2.H2 (Print 1976-present; Online 1992-present)
• Mother Jones AP.M79193 (Print 1984-present; Online 1990-present)
• The Nation AP2.N2  (Print 1865-present; Online 1975-present)
• The National Review AP2.N27 (Print 1960-present; Online 1975-present)
• The New Republic AP2.N4 (Print 1914-present; Online 1990-present)
• New Yorker AP2.N45 (Print 1936-present; Online 1999-present)
• Salon.com  Online only
  

To find these magazines in the Lbrary, search in the Library Catalog  by Journal/Magazine/Newspaper Title    Show Me How

Date and format determine where you'll find or access a specific magazine.  For an example of a magazine in multiple formats, click here.

 

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There are a couple of ways to get at the content of a magazine:

• Search all issues by topic
• Browse the contents of a single issue.

Show me how!

 

Library workshop materials, 5/8/09

• Handout
• Worksheet
  

To find books about a topic, use a library catalog:

• OSU Libraries Catalog
• Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog Request books from other libraries and have them sent here.

To find articles in magazines and newspapers, use a database:

• Academic Search Premier  Articles in magazines, newspapers and scholarly journals
• LexisNexis Academic  Articles in newspapers and trade publications.

Writing resources at OSU

Writing Center

Online Writing Lab

Style Guides

Research and Documentation Online  

Citation Builders  

Online Citation Builder (Univ of N. Carolina Libraries)

Finding copyright free (legal) images

Flickr - Advanced Search Screen

Images that have been licensed by their creators with a Creative Commons license - telling you how you can legally and ethically use their photos.   Click here for a brief video tutorial.

Wikimedia Commons

 

Labeling and citing images

Even when the images you use are copyright free, you should acknowledge the creator and indicate the source. 

• See the photograph on this page for an example of acknowledgement.
• For examples of using MLA style to fully cite images you use in a research paper, click here: citing images 

Please be aware of legal restrictions on the use of images.  Boston University has a useful webpage on Image Copyright .

 

This module adapted from one created by Anne-Marie Deitering, OSU Libraries.