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Authorities

• Duke

General

• Acronym Finder
• Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 1901
• Citation Styles for Online sources - includes MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE style formats
• Electric Library – Reference site maintained by the Nebraska Library Commission
• Research and Documentation Online - finding and documenting sources, plus sample papers for MLA, APA, Chicago, and Sciences papers.
  • Humanities - MLA style
  • Social Sciences - APA style
  • History - Chicago style
  • Sciences - CBE style
• OneLook Dictionaries – large collection of varied types of dictionaries

Getting Started in Research

• What is an Academic Paper? - Dartmoth College defines and distinguishes from h.s. papers
• Finding a Topic: Princeton Writing Program
• How to Write a Thesis Statement
• Selecting a Topic

The Writing Process

• Paragraphs and Topic Sentences
• Proofreading for Common Surface Errors
• Plagiarism
  • Duke University's - Plagiarism: Its Nature and Consequences
  • Indiana University: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid it
  • UC Davis: Avoiding Plagiarism 

Selecting Materials

• Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites
• Don't Spread That Hoax! - nonprofit.net provides interesting criteria to review information
• How to Critically Evaluate Sources
• Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals

Special Writing Projects

• Taking an Essay Exam
• Personal Statements and Application Letters
• Writing Book Reviews
• Writing Resumes and Cover Letters
• Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation

Additional Helps

• Academic Center for Excellence (UIC) - time management, studying, taking exams, etc.
• Thinking Page - "Better thinking using systems thinking, creativity, cybernetics, cognition, reflexions."

Citing Sources

• APA (American Psychological Assiciation) - examples, 5th edition
  • APA Electronic Reference Format
  • Citing database articles, Web documents, and e-jls
  • General Form for citing Internet items
  • The Internet and URLs
• ASA Style (American Sociological Association) - 2nd edition, 1997
• Chicago Manual of Style
  • Using the Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources
  • Examples of Frequently Used Entries - University of Washington

• MLA Style (Modern Language Association)

  • Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation - 6th ed.

Citing Government Sources

• Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style - sample citations
• DocsCite - interactive guide for citing government documents

Annotated Bibliographies

• What is an Annotated Bibliography?
• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography - Cornell
• Study Skills Annotated Bibliography - sample from the University of Minnesota, Duluth

Copyright Law

• U.S. Copyright Office - Library of Congress: includes circulars and publications
  • Copyright Basics - definition, What's protected, Application, fees, etc.
  • Copyright Law - Revised to July, 2001
  • Copyright Legislation - through 107th Congress (2002)
  • Questions Frequently Asked
• Copyright Management Center - Indiana University-Purdue University. Includes Distance Education, Fair Use, Library Issues, special media.
• Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. - online permission information
• American Library Association Copyright Office - reports on copyright lawmaking and regulations and impact for libraries and schools
Copyright & Fair Use - Stanford University Libraries. Searchable site for academic issues.
• Copyright Resources Online - "...links to university copyright resources and non-university intellectual property resources"
• Ten Big Myths About Copyright Explained - Brad Templeton answers basic questions.