Research, Reports and Presentation Support.
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Citing/Documenting
With MLA | Writing and Research
Guides and Handouts
Researching
Controversial Topics | Copyright
Information
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these sections:
Citing/Documenting
With MLA | Writing and Research
Guides and Handouts
Researching
Controversial Topics | Copyright
Information
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How to avoid potential problems with your research and reports! |
Citing/Documenting Your Research Sources With MLA Style Guides
Citation Builders: These will help you create citations from your research: OPEN
Secondary Citation Maker (MLA STyle)
Ottobib
Citation
Machine
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A
Guide for Writing Research Papers
Very helpful guidelines, well organized and easy to use, from Capital Community College. See also the following links, which are excellent. Preparing
a "Works Cited" Section
A
Sample Works Cited Page
Principles
of Composition
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
Forms
of Communication
Purdue University's: Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format Here are some guidelines for how to cite printed and electronic sources in your reports. (Based on the fifth edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (1999).) |
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More Help
with MLA Style:
Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism: Documentation Guidelines, Guide to Library Research |
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Writing
and Research Guides and Handouts
| How
to Choose Information Resources
Knowing where to find the type of information that you are looking for is important whether you are doing a report, trying to find the answer to a question, or want to read about something that interests you. This page will help you become an efective researcher. |
Locating
the Right Reference Tools
Effective researcherschoose the best resource for their needs. By learning what each resource does best, you can save time and effort when doing research, and find the right information for your research project. |
Online Writing Lab Handouts
A series of brief and to the point sheets that serve to guide and remind writers of guidelines for the best style and most effecive writing. From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab, where many more guides and handouts are available.Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step Procedure
Help getting organized and other help you will need writing your report or research paper, from the Online Writing Lab of Purdue University.Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation
Do you wonder if you are using the proper grammar? If so, this is a helpful place to visit. The Table of Contents will guide you to proper use of English grammar. This resource is nicely organized and easy to access by parts of speech. Another handout from the OWL at Purdue University.The Big6 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!
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Researching Controversial Topics
Public Agenda TopicsCopyright Information
Look down the left column for excellent overviews, research reports and articles on major controversial topics provided by a "nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization based in New York City." Extremely thorough with charts, graphs, areas of agreement and disagreement, and more!Hot Paper Topics: 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!Backgrounders from the Online NewsHour
This outstanding public TV news program offers transcripts of discussions on issues under broad categories such as Congress, economy, military, transportation and religion, etc.Statistics Every Writer Should Know
Check this place out so that you will be able to tell if someone is "lying with statistics."
A
Teacher's Guide to Fair Use and Copyright
Fair use explicitly allows
limited use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes such as criticism,
comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
Fair
Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
Fairly specific guidelines
to making use of media in student and teacher presentations. Includes a
good PowerPoint presentation as well.
The
U.S. Copyright Office
The place that 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).
The
Copyright Website!
This commercial site endeavors
to provide real world, practical and relevant copyright information of
interest to infonauts, netsurfers, webspinners, content providers, musicians,
appropriationists, activists, infringers, outlaws, and law abiding citizens.