Research+Papers+and+Writing

iSEEK Designed specifically for students and educators, iSEEK is a non-commercial search engine. It delivers results from universities, government sites and other noncommercial providers. Deeper Web search tool that allows users to navigate using tag clouds.and Zoomies. Tag clouds are like subject headings - clouds in larger type list more results. Zoomies sort results by topic and type of information provided. Yippy – Searches across multiple search engines and organizes results into categories or clusters. [|Google (Advanced)] Use limiters such as date, booloean operators, file formats, etc. to narrow your search to find the best information Google Scholar - find scholarly, peer-reviewed subject-specific resources.  || **Topic Selection – Can’t decide on a topic? Use these sites to narrow down your interests.** Questia.com- supplies list of research topic ideas arranged alphabetically. Social Issues Topics from Multnomah County Public Library. Idea Generator Broad categories of research topics compiled by Dominican University. Topic-A-Rama Need an idea for a persuasive essay? Try this site from Tom March. || ** Plagiarism Slideshow ** Plagiarism.orgSite focused on the issue of plagiarism with definitions, tips on prevention, citation, etc.  || **MLA Citation**
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MLA – MLA Citation guide from Purdue University. **MLA citation examples** 

Changes to MLA citation rules for 2009 **Online Citation Generators -** **type in your source information and these programs will generate you citation for you.** Easybib.com/ Free citation creation site. Noodletools free site to create citations for sources. Citation Machine another site helps users create citation for sources. || A+Research and Writing - step by step guide to the research process from Internet Public Library. Owl from Purdue University – tips on writing and the research process. Thesis Builder online tools for thesis statements and outlines || **Paraphrasing, Summarizing and Quoting** || 
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