Research Tips

Citing Sources in APA and MLA Styles 
Doing the Research
Evaluating the Information

Choosing a Topic

• All about topics 
• Exploring topics and formulating keywords 
• Possible topics for research

Doing the research

• Glossary of library terms
• Locating resources - provides information on how to locate books, articles, government documents, and more.
• NAiLED - includes all of the steps needed to complete a successful research inquiry
• noodletools: a good site to learn how to do research, including a section on how to choose the best search for your purpose, performing precise searches, developing depth of research, as well as how to cite a variety of resources and some selected bibliographies.
• reading critically -- "so you've started your research, and sitting in front of you is something you've just finished reading. where do i start?"
• steps to online searching 
• using FirstSearch to find magazine and journal articles
• Using InfoTrac to find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles

Evaluating the Information

• Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals 
• Evaluating Information: A Basic Checklist 
• Guideposts For Evaluating Web Sites
• How to Evaluate the Sources That You Find
• Peer-reviewed and Refereed publications 
• Reading Critically -- "So you've started your research, and sitting in front of you is something you've just finished reading. WHERE DO I START?"

• APA Format - Electronic Ciiting Resources
• APA Format - Print Ciiting Resources
• APA 2007 Revision/Citing Electronic Resources
• MLA Style or Citing PRINT and ELECTRONIC Sources
• Plagiarism - The Do's and Don'ts
• Purdue Online Writing Lab: Avoiding Plagiarism
• Citation Builders are web-based programs that allow the student to input citation information (author, title, etc.) into a form so that the program can place the information into the correct bibliographic format. Be careful, as these programs do NOT do everything for you. For example, capitalization and punctuation are aspects of citations that the style books cover with more accuracy.
• APA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources
• CBE (Science) Style Guide - Based on the Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th edition, this guide provides examples for citing books; book chapters; journal articles; conference papers and abstracts; technical reports; and dissertations theses.
• Chicago Style Manual - Based on The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition, this guide provides examples in Humanities as well as Scientific styles for citing books; book chapters; encyclopedia, journal, magazine and newspaper articles; online databases; and Internet resources.
• Citation Style Guides from the Ohio State University Libraries - from the list of RESEARCH GUIDES AND TOOLS, scroll down the page in order to click on one of the Citation Style Guides.
• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography  
• The Purdue Online Writing Lab is an EXCELLENT site to find help for writing papers. The MLA and APA Style Guides are very helpful. Purdue Online Writing Lab offers an email address where you can ask a question. Turabian Style Guide - Based on A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th edition, this guide provides examples in "Humanities" as well as "Scientific" styles for citing books; encyclopedia, journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; and online databases. 
• Turabian Style Guide - Based on A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th edition, this guide provides examples in "Humanities" as well as "Scientific" styles for citing books; encyclopedia, journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; and online databases.
   

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