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Memory


Helpful - Trustworthy - Websites:
(see below on how to cite online articles)

American Psychological Association
     Alzheimers, PTSD, and more
​American Psychiatry Association
     Alzheimers, PTSD, Amnesia, and more
American Medical Association

     Alzheimers, amnesia, PTSD, and more
Psychology Today

      Articles on memory and surrounding topics
Scientific American
     Mind & brain articles on various topics

Recommended Databases:
EBSCO Search Premier & Academic eBook Collection
Provides access to over 130,000 ebooks & 4,600 academic journals.
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user: miracostahs  password: Library@23

ProQuest Resources included in the California state-wide contract
​Lists of all the resources now available to California students.
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user: mbusd  password: Beach*18

ProQuest U.S. Major Dailies
Newspapers 
user: mbusd  password: Beach*18

​Los Angeles County Public Library Databases
MCHS Library Acct: 1111652201702


Websites about Alzheimers/Dementia:
(see below on how to cite online articles)
Alzheimer's Association
Alzheimer's Foundation of America
The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
Centers of Disease Control (CDC) - What is Dementia.
Healthline - Dementia and Alzheimer's: What Are the Differences?
Mayo Clinic - Vascular Dementia
MedlinePlus - Dementia
National Institute on Aging (NIA) - Alzheimer's Fact Sheet

Websites about PTSD:
(see below on how to cite online articles)
National Center for PTSD
National Institute of Mental Health - PTSD

Websites about Amnesia/Dissociative Disorders:
(see below on how to cite online articles)
Mayo Clinic
American Psychiatric Association 
Boolean Operators
AND = requires both terms to be present - limits results
OR = requires either term to be present - expands results
NOT = eliminates a term - limits results

Works Cited​
Online News or Magazine Article
1.  Author(s)  Format Last Name, First Name Middle Name or Initial. Multiple authors, use "and" before the last author.
2. "Title of the Article"  Include the title of a shorter work in "quotation marks" and use headline-style capitalization.
3. Title of the Newspaper or Publisher  Use italics for the title of the newspaper or publication, use headline-style capitalization.
4. Publication date  Use the formate: Date Abbreviated Month Year.  (ex:  1 Feb, 2022)
5. URL

EXAMPLE:
Robinson, Angela. "History Shows Why It's Time for a Black Woman to Sit on the Supreme Court ." The Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/02/01/history-shows-why-its-time-black-woman-sit-supreme-court/.

Source:  
https://libguides.csudh.edu/citation/mla
Need more help with citations?
The MCHS English Department uses MLA citations.

California State University Dominguez Hills - About MLA
CSULD provides a great video - featured on  - as well as a quick overview of how to format in-text citations
and works cited pages using MLA

Purdue Owl - MLA Guide
Purdue Owl provides users an overview on how to cite sources using MLA  9th edition,
​including how to format the Works Cited page and in-text citations.


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