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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 on how to do citations for your bibliography. Use RefWorks or Zotero (software add one) to help put citations into proper format.

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.
Writer's Handbook by University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.

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

There are guides to writing an annotated bibliography, literature review or doing a paper outline.

Find books that help in writing term papers:

George, M.W. (2008). The elements of library research : what every student needs to know. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
Quaratiello, A.R. (2003). The College student's research companion. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
Mann, T. (1998). Oxford guide to library research. New York: Oxford University Press.
Weessies. K. (1997).  Academic libraries and research: mastering the maze. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishers.

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