RESEARCH PROJECTS

Understanding Assignments     Purpose     Defining Topic     Types of Resources    

Search Engines     Evaluating Sources     Plagiarism & Cures - Citation Guides

Writing Organization     Grammar - Sentences and Punctuation    OWLs

To Library Research Tutorials

Understainding Assignments - Keys to Directions

Understanding Assignments - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Writing center
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/readassign.html

Purpose of Research Project

Thesis Statement, Purpose of Paper - LEO: Literacy Education Online - St. Cloud University, Minnesota
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html

Writing with a Sense of Purpose - Colorado State University
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/purpose

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Defining Topic and Research Question

Select Topics and Define Research Question - Units 1 & 2 - California State University, Los Angeles
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/guides/rprep.htm

Defining Topic and Critical Thinking - Brief Tutorial - City University of New York
http://libraries.cuny.edu/iltutorial/02_define/M2D.html

Developing and Defining Topics, Making Wider and More Specific Searches - San Diego State University
http://infotutor.sdsu.edu/icdev/htdocs/index.html

Types of Library Resources

Types of Information - Tutorials - SWITCH Library Consortium
http://caspian.switchinc.org/~tutorials/mod1/index.html

Brief Anatomy of a Scholarly Article - NCSU Libraries - North Carolina State University
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/scholarly-articles/

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Searching with Search Engines

Simple Keyword Searches in Ebrary - LA College Library
Screen shot guide
PowerPoint guide

Searching with Subjects, Author or Title in Ebrary
Screen shot guide
PowerPoint guide

Searching with Synonyms and Several Words - San Diego State Univeristy Library
http://infotutor.sdsu.edu/icdev/htdocs/module1/newsearch1.html

Boolean Searching on the Internet (or Library Databases) - Internet Tutorials.Com
http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp

Word Combining in LIRN and ProQuest - LA College International Library
http://www.lac.edu/library/libraryguide/booleansearching.htm

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Wild Cards for Multiple Spellings or Forms of a Word - LA College International
http://www.lac.edu/library/libraryguide/wildcards.htm

Truncation (and Wildcards) - Infoasis - Zayed University - UAE
http://www.zu.ac.ae/infoasis/modules/mod2/14_truncation.htm

Fun and Comprehensive Searching Tutorial which ends with Intensive Section on 'Nesting' with Parentheses - Zayed University - UAE
http://www.zu.ac.ae/infoasis/modules/mod2/11_boolean.htm

When to Use Keyword Searches Instead of Subject Searches - Gale InfoTrac Help Guide
http://www.lac.edu/library/libraryguide/subjectkeyword.htm

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Finding Quality Information on the Internet
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Google Web Search Help Articles
Google Basic Search Help
Special Google Search Symbols Similar to Online Library Databases

Basic Internet Search Tips and More - Bare Bones Tutorial - University of South Carolina; Beaufort, SC
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/lesson7.shtml

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Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Web Sites 101 - Interactive Quiz with Samples - Carol Anne Germain and Laura Horn, U. of Albany Library
http://library.albany.edu/usered/wwwdex/index.html

Evaluating Web Sources - Tutorial with Web Samples - University of Arizona Library
http://www.library.arizona.edu/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources/

Detailed Table of Questions to Ask While Evaluating Web Sites - U.C. Berkeley
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

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Plagiarism and Cures - Documentation

LAC Style Guide - Los Angeles College International
http://www.lac.edu/library/LAC-Style-Guide-Dec-2010-1.pdf
pp. 9-10 Short citations in body of paper
pp. 10-13 References at end of paper
pp. 6-7 Examples of plagiarism

Explore Plagiarism and Honest Writing with 4 Students - Acadia University; Nova Scotia, Canada
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/

Examples in Interactive Quiz - Maricopa.Edu
http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/researchhelp/plagiarism.html

Using Quotes and Block Quotes - p. 10 LAC Style Guide - LA College International
http://www.lac.edu/library/LAC-Style-Guide-Dec-2010-1.pdf

Examples of Proper Quotes and Paraphrases with Citations - OWL Purdue Writing Center
Quotes (Scroll down.)
Paraphrases

Diagnosis - Plagiarism - YouTube Video- Yavapai College Library
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QSnOczodBs Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64o8z2gxf3A&feature=related Part 2

You may also see Style Guides, Citations, Documentation for additional resources.

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Writing Organization

To Writing Resources.

You may also see Grammar - Sentence Structure & Punctuation.

Research Writing Comprehensive Sites

Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/
Owl Writing Lab helps preparing, researching, and writing the paper, as well as documenting sources.  Web site includes tips on business writing, professional writing, and grammar.
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