Planning Your Research

• Assignment Calculator
• Getting Started - What Sources Should You Use?
• Planning Worksheet
• The Research Process (How To Do Research)
• Writing Guides

Finding Information

• Subject Research Guides
• Class Guides ENG101: Composition ENG102: Literature & Comp FS100: College Success Tips HIS101-202: Bibliography Assignment HLT103: Health Careers Resources PSY111: Annotated Bibliography
• Tip Sheets: How do I find... ...Alternatives to Wikipedia ...Biographical Information ...Literary Reviews and Criticisms ...Information on Artist or Work of Art ...Info About Your Hometown ...Statistical/Background Info ...Tips on College Success
• Recommended Websites
• Scholarly vs. Popular Articles
• How to Read Scholarly Articles
• Search Engine vs. Database

Evaluating Information

• Evaluating Print Resources
• Evaluating Websites
  • Evaluating and Citing Web Pages
  • Evaluating Websites Tutorial
  • Internet Detective Online Tutorial (Intute - Virtual Training Suite)

Following Guidelines

• APA, MLA, AMA, and Other Citation Style Guides (from Hacker)
• In-text citations: MLA, APA
• Footnotes and Endnotes: MLA, APA
• Citing Images (example)
• KnightCite - "an online citation generator service"
• Plagiarism
  • How to Recognize Plagiarism (Indiana University Bloomington)
  • Giving Credit - Presentations, Websites, etc. (Univ. of Maine at Farmington)
  • Acknowledging Sources Tutorial (Univ. of Texas at Arlington Libraries)
• Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
• Research Paper Writing Guides

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• Ask Us a Reference Question (Email)
• After-Hours Reference Help (InfoAnytime)