Writing Resource Links

 

 

Citing/Documenting Your Research Sources

• Purdue University's: Online Writing Lab  (MLA) Format

• How to Cite Research Sources Found In Print Format

• Handling Quotations In Your Text - (Citing sources in your typing.)

• "Your Works Cited List"  - (List at the end of the report.)

• A Guide for Writing Research Papers

• Writing Electronic Resources - How to document electronic (and other) information.

• What is MLA Style?- The official Modern Language Association website.

• OSLIS:  MLA Secondary Citation Maker

Writing and Research Guides and Handouts

• Online Writing Lab Handouts- From the Purdue University.  Also, try the  homepage Online Writing Lab - where many more guides and handouts are available.

• Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step Procedure - This website from the Purdue University Online Learning Lab will help you get organized.

• Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation - Another helpful  handout from the OWLat Purdue University.

• Guide to Grammar and Writing  - Sentences, paragraphs, essays.

• APlus Research & Writing for High School and College Students

• Online English Grammar

• The Internet Public Library: Style and Writing Guides

• A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples

• Common Errors in English

• Oregon School Library Information System Research Process

• Citing Sources: Documentation Guidelines for Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

Other Research Related Information

• The Big 6 Skills Organizer- Successful research starts with planning and organizing your needs. This Big6 organizer will help you focus on the essentials of your assignment. Use this guide for successful research!

• Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net- Need some information for a research paper, or maybe just some place to go to get ideas? Here is the place to look!

• Online Literary Criticism Collection (The Internet Public Library)

• The Phrase Finder

• Hot Paper Topics

Copyright Information

• Copyright: Fair Use- This Stanford University site gathers all available information on the Web related to "fair use" of copyrighted materials. Very thorough and well-organized.

• Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia-Fairly specific guidelines to making use of the media in student and teacher presentations. Includes a good PowerPoint presentation as well.

• Fair Use Overview PowerPoint Presentation- "The guidelines seek to provide a roadmap for educators, scholars and students to follow when developing educational multimedia projects using portions of copyrighted works under fair use rather than by seeking permission."

• The U.S. Copyright Office - This site is organized: "To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." (U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8)