The Research Process

• A+ Research & Writing

• The Seven Steps of the Research Process - Cornell University

• The Five-Step Search Strategy - - UC Berkeley

• Writing a Research Paper - OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab

Search Tips

• Best Search for Your Information Need - Noodle Tools

• Help with Searching - Wildcards, Boolean Logic, etc. - Stanford University

• Search Tips - Naropa University

• Using AND, OR and NOT (Boolean Operators) - UNR

Evaluating Information

• Critically Analyzing Information Sources - Cornell

• Evaluating Resources - Naropa University

• Evaluating Web Pages - Duke

• Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide - UCLA

• Info Warning - The Quality of Information - Handedness Research Institute

• Internet Detective -

Citing Resources

• APA Formatting & Style Guide - OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab

• Citing Government Information Sources - UNR

• MLA and APA Style Citation Samples- UNR

• MLA Formatting & Style Guide - OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab

• Research and Documentation Online - Bedford St. Martin's

• Chicago Style Citation Guide - OWL- Purdue Online Writing Lab

• Chicago Manual of Style Online- Chicago Manual of Style, a quick reference Guide

Copyright/Plagiarism

• Avoiding Plagiarism - OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab

• Copyright & Legal Issues on the Web - American Association of Community Colleges

• Copyright Basics - U.S. Copyright Office

• Documenting Electronic Sources - OWL - Purdue Online Writing Lab

• Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It -Indiana University

Research Tools

• Citation Machine - Citation machine helps students and professional researchers to properly credit the information that they use. Its primary goal is to make it so easy for student researchers to cite their information sources, that there is virtually no reason not to

• Mendeley - Research organizer available both online or as a download to your desktop.

• NoodleBib Express - NoodleTools Express helps you create proper references for books, articles, or other types of resources in MLA or APA format. Does not create parenthetical reference. Pick the type of resource you need to cite and fill in the form.

• Style Wizard - Includes MLA and APA style guides and a website validity checker.

• Zotero - is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.

• Visualization Tools - put your data into a chart

  • Flare

  • Google Visualization API

  • Graphviz

  • Many Eyes