Locating Webpage Information Using Destiny Quest
You may login to Destiny Quest by using your lastname.firstname and password birthdate (mmddyyyy). It is not necessary to login unless you want to create your own list and have it available for future reference.
Open MY LIST
Verify that you are on the correct tab (book or website)
Select Print Options
Check the circle that says MLA citation list
Click on Print Preview
Your citation should “pop up” (check the top or bottom of screen if it doesn’t open on screen)
You may copy and paste (only citation, never information) citation into a Google document (use Mozilla Firefox as your Internet browser) and paste (do a Ctrl+v to paste if you have problems getting it to paste by doing right click and paste)
DESTINY MAY BE USED ON SCHOOL COMPUTERS OR ACCESSED FROM BMMS WEBPAGE FROM HOME.
If you use the Destiny App, you will need this information:
http://destiny.fcboe.org
You may login to Destiny Quest by using your lastname.firstname and password birthdate (mmddyyyy). It is not necessary to login unless you want to create your own list and have it available for future reference.
- Type in your keyword search using simple or select advanced search tab to use multiple keywords.
- Default results are books, but websites are available by selecting website tab at upper left.
- If there are too many websites available, you may, “domain” under Narrow Your Search (located left of results list) and select a specific domain extension (.gov, .edu, .k12 are the most reliable domain extensions).
- Hover over website images to get an idea of what is located on the site.
- If you use information from the site (**or book), you may get the citation:
Open MY LIST
Verify that you are on the correct tab (book or website)
Select Print Options
Check the circle that says MLA citation list
Click on Print Preview
Your citation should “pop up” (check the top or bottom of screen if it doesn’t open on screen)
You may copy and paste (only citation, never information) citation into a Google document (use Mozilla Firefox as your Internet browser) and paste (do a Ctrl+v to paste if you have problems getting it to paste by doing right click and paste)
- Information from the website should be summarized in your own words below the citation. Suggestions to avoid plagiarism : (1) use bullets of 6 or fewer words (2) DO NOT COPY AND PASTE information from website or article into your (3) organize information into sequential order or subtopics
DESTINY MAY BE USED ON SCHOOL COMPUTERS OR ACCESSED FROM BMMS WEBPAGE FROM HOME.
If you use the Destiny App, you will need this information:
http://destiny.fcboe.org