GENERAL RESEARCH RESOURCES

APA Style

• APA Style website.
• The Writer’s Workshop from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Using APA Format from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.
• APA Research Style Crib Sheet from Georgia Southern University.

Writing Guidelines

• Raimes, A. (2004). Keys for Writers (Fourth Edition). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
• Common Errors in English by Dr. Paul Brians of Washington State University.
• Guide to Grammar and Style by Dr. Jack Lynch of Rutgers University.
• Style Guides from the Open Directory Project.
• Grammar, Usage, and Style from Reference Desk.com.
• Grammar/Style from Library Spot.
• Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing from Grammar Girl.

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism: What it Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It from Writing Tutorial Services at Indiana University.
• Student Plagiarism in an Online World from Prism Magazine, published by the American Society for Engineering Education.
• Plagiarism in Colleges in USA by Dr. Ronald B. Standler.

Evaluating Web Content

• Criteria for Evaluating Web Resources, from Kent State University, offers a downloadable Website Evaluation Form
• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask, from the University of California Berkeley, explains techniques for website evaluation within criteria. Further, the site outlines questions to ask and what the implications are for those questions.
• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages, from Cornell University, is a succinct, five step web page evaluation strategy in tabular form.
• Evaluating Websites, from Lake Forest College, offers offers examples of actual websites that meet presented evaluation criteria.
• Evaluating Web Sites, from the University of Maryland, offers succinct evaluative strategies, an online content evaluation checklist, and links to sample websites.

Library of Congress Resources

• The Library of Congress
  The Library of Congress houses more than 126 million books, manuscripts, newspaper titles, maps, and other printed materials. The collections include nearly 20 million books, 2.6 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.8 million maps, and 56 million manuscripts. This site will give you access to several online primary resources that are essential to learning about the United States.
• American Memories Collection
  This collection contains primary source materials about the history and culture of the United States. The collection includes sound files, film clips, photos, posters and documents, sheet music any many other types of material.
• Country Studies/Area Handbook Program
  Search the full text of handbooks on ninety-one countries. The Country Studies Series contains a description and analysis of the historical setting and social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
• Library of Congress Global Gateway World Culture and Resources
  An excellent collection of websites and databases, this website from the U.S. Library of Congress provides a gateway to quality international resources.
• Library of Congress Educator's Page
  Lesson plans and online activities using resources at the Library of Congress including activities involving the American Memory Project.