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Guides to Writing Term Papers

Web pages to help in research and writing term papers.

Always follow the Professors instructions concerning the style of your paper. Check on style manuals or the OWL: Online Writing Lab on how to do citations for your bibliography. Use RefWorks to help put citations intp proper format.

A+ Research and Writing by Kathryn L. Schwartz at Internet Public Library.
General Writing Concerns by OWL: Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.
Getting Organized for Research by California State University Library.
Procedure for Writing a Term Paper by Alton L. Raygor at the University of Minnesota.
Research 101 by University of Washington. This is a tutorial on each step of the research process for paper writing. Under finding there is a section on reading citations.
Research Steps by Susan Luevano at CSU, Long Beach.
Scholarly Research and Academic Writing by OWL: Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.
Writer's Handbook by University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.

Remember you can always Ask a Librarian for help in citing materials.

Find books that help in writing term papers:

Academic libraries and research: mastering the maze by Kathleen Weessies. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishers, 1997.
The College student's research companion by Arlene Rodda Quaratiello. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2000.
Oxford guide to library research by Thomas Mann. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Techniques for student research by Nancy Lane. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 2000.

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Created August 1, 2001

  Last Updated 2/23/08