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Database Tips

Keywords are the main ideas in your research topic

  • Keep keywords brief for better results.
    • chinese food or try chinese cuisine
  • Use "AND" & "OR" to expand or narrow searches.
    • food culture AND Vietnam (Narrows search)
    • chilis OR peppers (Expands search)
    • (dutch OR holland OR netherlands) AND foodstuffs

Database Searching

  • Spelling counts! Not seeing many results? Double-check your spelling.
  • Search for each aspect of your topic separately.
  • Don't assume you'll find one book or article covering all aspects of your topic. Instead, look for bits and pieces in different sources.

Don't Use → Try Instead

  • "core foods" → Foodstuffs
  • "flavor principles" → Spices
  • "holidays" or "religious foods" → Ceremon* (Asterisk = Shift + 8) searches ceremony, ceremonies, and ceremonial)

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Citing Interviews

MLA Citation Format

To cite a personal interview, treat the person being interviewed as the author. Identify the type of interview, then list the date.

In-Text Citation Format:

(Last Name of Person Who Was Interviewed)

Example: (Palmer)

Note: If the person's name is mentioned in the sentence, do not repeat it in the in-text citation.

Example: Palmer explained that "the Maori culture had a profound impact" on her family's traditions.

Works Cited Format:

Last name of interviewer, First name. Interview type [email, phone, personal interview].

Works Cited Example:

Palmer, Sherry. Personal interview. 4 Mar. 2018.

For more information, visit the MLA Style Center.

APA Citation Format

Personal communication is cited in-text only; it is not included in the reference list.

In-Text Citation Format:

(First initial, Last name, type of interview, date of interview)

Example: (S. Palmer, personal communication, March 4, 2018)

Note: If the person's name is mentioned in the sentence, do not repeat it in the in-text citation.

Example: The Palmer family's food traditions stemmed from their New Zealand heritage (personal communication, March 4, 2018).

Reference List Format:

Not typically included in reference list as it's considered non-recoverable data.

For more information, visit the APA Style Blog.