| Citing Sources | |
| Citation Machine | Automatically formats your citations. |
| MLA Citing Sources | Examples for all sources. Easy to follow. |
| MLA Citing Style | Color coded easy to follow format |
| Citation Styles Online! | How to document almost anything. |
| MLA Style: Citing sources on the World Wide Web | FAQ, including the 9th question, "How do I document sources from the Web in my works-cited list?" |
| Easybib.com | Provides help in building a bibliography |
| NoodleBib | Another free automated bibliography building program |
| Noodletools | Selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources. |
| Reference sources on the Web | A chart of some of the online reference books available free on the Web |
| Web directories and subject-classified resources | IPL, Open Directory, Yahoo! et al |
| Search engines and their "search help" pages | Google, HotBot, Ask Jeeves, et al |
| Other links for learning to research | Online articles, online library and research instruction |
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A launchpad to major academic subject and multi-subject gateways. In ancient times, the Library of Alexandria was seen as a universal store of human knowledge. As the Library grew in size, however, it became increasingly difficult to locate relevant material. The poet Callimachus solved the problem by compiling a catalogue called The Pinakes. On a far smaller scale, these Web pages hope to provide a similar function for Internet resources, by linking to the major subject gateways. |
| Research Papers | |
| Research Papers (U Wisconsin-Madison) | Brief (one page) overview of the steps in doing a research paper. |
| Writing a General Research Paper (Roane State CC) | "Research papers place an emphasis on the development of a student's critical thinking and writing skills. To write an effective paper, students must be able to incorporate the ideas of others with their own ideas and analysis." |
| Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step Procedure (Purdue U) | Brief checklist of steps needed to accomplish the research and writing process. |
| Essays | An extensive guide to writing all kinds of essays, including the two samples listed below. |
| Essay Writing (U Victoria) | |
| The Essay - A Sample Expository Essay (U Victoria) | A complete, successful expository essay to use as an example. |
| The Essay - A Sample Literary Essay (U Victoria) | A complete, successful literary essay to use as an example. |
| Argumentative/Persuasive Essays | |
| Essentials of Effective Persuasive Essays (Hamilton College) | |
| The Roane State CC Online Writing Lab | "Evaluative essays seek to prompt readers to examine their own values and to perhaps accept the view of the writer.... These share some features with argumentative essays." |
| Narrative/Descriptive & Reaction/Response Essays | |
| The Definition Essay (St. Cloud U) | How to approach a definition essay and the different ways of defining things, including a sample essay. |
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Writing Descriptive Essays (Roane State CC) Samples: http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/cyberspace/lions.html |
"There are several methods writers use to describe something in an essay. They may choose vivid, fresh language, or they may use examples, or they might take something ordinary and by comparing it with something extraordinary, make it interesting, or they may use their senses." |
| Descriptive Essays (St. Cloud U) | "Descriptive writing portrays people, places, things, moments and theories with enough vivid detail to help the reader create a mental picture of what is being written about." |
| Narrative Essays (St. Cloud U) | Writing in the first person. "As a mode of expository writing, the narrative approach, more than any other, offers writers a chance to think and write about themselves." |
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Writing Narrative Essays (Roane State CC) Samples at: http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/Leandro.html http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/Small.html |
"Narrative writing tells a story. In essays the narrative writing could also be considered a reflection or an exploration of the author's values told as a story." |
| Writing a Process Essay (St. Cloud U) | "A process paper either tells the reader how to do something or describes how something is done." |
| Writing a Reaction or Response Essay (St. Cloud U) | How to approach this kind of paper, including suggested outline. "Reaction or response papers are usually requested by teachers so that you'll consider carefully what you think or feel about something you've read." |
| Writing Cause and Effect Essays (Roane State CC) | |
| Writing Comparison and Contrast Essays (Roane State CC) | |
| Comparison/Contrast Essays (Temple U) | |
| Comparison/Contrast Essays (St. Cloud U) | How to approach and outline this type of paper. |