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This page contains resources for doing research papers including strategies for student research, Style Manuals & Writing Guides and sources for topic ideas.

The Research Process and MLA Format
Presentation and additonal resources for research using Big6 and MLA

Citation Style for Research Papers

From the B. Davis Schwartz Library - Includes APA, MLA, Turabian, AMA and Chicago Citation Styles

A quick guide on how to start your research paper from University Library at University of California at Santa Cruz

Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation and prepared by the Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks, Jr., Library, Capital Community College Hartford, Connecticut

Resources for proper grammatical usage, citation formats, or paper writing.

Resources from the Oregon School Library Information System.  It includes research process, search strategies, gathering and organizing information, Citing Sources and other information.

The goal of this Web site is to provide all the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings.

This is a tutorial guide to conducting research on the World Wide Web for first year Composition and rhetoric students. I have synthesized work on research methods and page evaluation to provide students with a framework for managing their own Web research.

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Easy Bib

The free automatic bibliography composer. Create MS-Word-ready MLA style bibliographies.

Landmarks Citation Machine

Citation Machine is an interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people.

CITATION WIZARD: Enter bibliographic information and create formatted citations. Note: Currently we only support citation of WebPages (electronic media).

Basic Steps in the Research Process

This list of steps is a guideline for you to use. Not everyone will do these steps in the same order and you may go back and forth between them.

Developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, the Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. When you apply the Big6 steps, you have an essential framework to approach any information-based question.

Do you have a research task you need to get done? Try the 4 Research Steps to success:

The Research Cycle

So you have to do a Research Project?

Steps in the Research and Writing Process

Writing a research paper is a big project, but approaching the process as a series of steps will make it feel less overwhelming and help you do a better job.

This model identifies and defines the necessary strategies which enable students to become independent learners. Underlying the SUCCEED Model is a school-based learning skills plan which, when implemented, would act as a foundation to the process of Resource-based Learning.

30-minute tutorial designed for University of Texas undergraduates.  Log on by clicking on the "Guests" link.

Research 101 is an interactive online tutorial for students wanting an introduction to research skills. The tutorial covers the basics, including how to select a topic and develop research questions, as well as how to select, search for, find, and evaluate information sources.

From the Kentucky Virtual Library, this site provides information on how to do research and includes information on plagiarism, copyright law and fair use.