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Research resources
1. Research self-test
http://www.oakton.edu/resource/iss/rschsvy.htm
2. Information literacy tutorial
http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/services/student/support/library/infolit_assignment.shtml
3. Resources for general research
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/library/IDS/IDScareers.htm
Research and documentation
1. The internet as a research tool
http://www.library.northwestern.edu/reference/tutorials/internet_tutorial/search_engines.html
2. Research strategy steps
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/strategy.shtml
General resources for citing sources
1. Source types
a. Primary sources
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/history/pg1.html
b. Secondary sources
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/history/pg3.html
c. Data sources and maps
http://liblearn.osu.edu/tutor/history/pg5.html
2. Citing sources
a. Citation styles, formats, explanations & examples: MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE
http://library.sonoma.edu/research/citation.html
b. Compendium for citation
http://www.ifla.org/I/training/citation/citing.htm#style
c. Suggested formats for citing web pages
http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/research/guides/web.html
d. Citing electronic sources
i. Columbia Guide to Online Style for electronically accessed sources in the humanities and sciences (book)
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-13210-7/the-columbia-guide-to-online-style
ii. Citing internet sources: Simple formats and examples
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/url/referenc/citing.htm
iii. Resources for documenting electronic sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/584/01/
3. Specific style guides
a. APA (American Psychological Association) for behavioral & social sciences (anthropology, psychology, sociology)
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
b. Chicago Style (the documentary note or humanities style - places citations at the bottom of a page or at the end of a paper)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html
c. MLA
http://www.csuohio.edu/academic/writingcenter/mla.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
4. Affordable commercial bibliographic tools
a. Noodlebib: Subscription tool ($4 for 3 months) for citing sources
http://www.noodletools.com/
b. The APA-Style Helper ($34.95) offers step-by-step instructions for reports, reviews, and theoretical manuscripts.
http://www.apastyle.org/stylehelper/ver5/
5. Discipline-specific guides to citing sources
a. History and the humanities
http://www.h-net.org/~africa/citation.html
b. Political science
http://dept.lamar.edu/polisci/DRURY/drury.html
c. Sociology
http://www.elmhurst.edu/library/ecresources/writecite.html
d. Sciences
i. CBE format for biology, geology, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, and physics (PDF file)
http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/guides/42CBE.pdf
ii. Chemistry: ACS guidelines
http://iws.ohiolink.edu/chemistry/info/acs.html
Primary web research sites
1. The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
2. Academic info: annotated subject directory for research-level internet resources
http://www.academicinfo.net/
3. Internet-based tutorials: Research a subject
http://library.albany.edu/subject/
How to conduct and write about a research project
1. Planning research projects
https://library.usask.ca/offcampus/guides/gettingStarted
2. Steps to writing a research paper
http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/study/research.shtml
3. The research process
http://libweb.sonoma.edu/research/subguides.html
4. Research project guide
http://libweb.sonoma.edu/research/quick.html
Research projects in psychology
1. General steps for conducting a research study in psychology
http://faculty.frostburg.edu/mbradley/phases.html
2. Research methods
http://faculty.frostburg.edu/mbradley/researchmethods.html
Writing research papers
1. Writing research papers: A step-by-step procedure
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_ressteps.html
2. Writing a research paper (handbook)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/index.html
3. Tutorial
http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/
4. Guidelines for writing political science essays and research papers
http://www.sfu.ca/politics/resources/research_guide/index.html
5. How to quote
a. Using quotations
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/usingquotes.html
http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/citations/
b. Punctuating quotations
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/puncquotes.html
c. Rules for using quotation marks
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_hult_nch_3/0,9398,1484106-content,00.html
http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/quotes.asp
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/quotation.htm
d. Quotation marks with direct and indirect quotations
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html
e. Quotation marks with other punctuation
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/qmarks.html
f. Quiz on using quotation marks
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Interviews
1. How to plan and conduct an interview
http://saulcarliner.home.att.net/id/interview.htm
2. Questions to ask in a job interview
http://www.gradview.com/careers/ask.html
3. Interviewing skills (PDF file)
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/careercenter/images/pdfs/interviewing_skills.pdf
4. How to avoid the most common mistakes in conducting interviews
http://www.buffalostate.edu/offices/hr/manual/obstacles.asp
5. Interview report
http://www.metrostate.edu/writingcenter/clues/interview.html
6. Interviewing for class projects
http://www.studygs.net/interview.htm
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