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 Improve your writing and reading skills by doing research online.
Research and Citation Websites:
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Modern Language Association (MLA) Formatting & Bibliogaphy:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
- American Psychological Association (APA) Formatting & Bibliography:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
http://pinetlibrary.com/cm/index.php
Enter the data (Book Title, Author, Publisher, etc.) and this site designs a custom citation you can copy and paste into your document.
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Using
Chicago Style
This website by the
University of
Chicago Library
features examples of how to properly cite web pages, journal articles,
books, etc using Chicago Style.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/using/instruct/chicago.html
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Evaluating
Web Resources
The Literacy and Education Online of
St. Cloud State University provides a focused guide for evaluating what
is a good or bad Web Resource.
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/research/credibility1.html
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Evaluating
Print Sources
Iowa
State
University’s e-library compiled a helpful
guide for distinguishing reliable print sources from the unreliable.
http://www.lib.iastate.edu:9050/resources/printeval/index.html
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Telling Fact
from Opinion
Maintained by
Montgomery
College, this website has
several resources and activities to help students distinguish facts from
opinions.
http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/~steuben/factopinion.htm
Virtual Libraries:
1.
Skyline Library Homepage:
http://www.smccd.net/accounts/skylib/
Skyline College's Eric Brenner compiled much information that is pertinent to the research process such as: (1) Electronic Resource Links, (2) Internet Search Tools, (3) Research Help, (4)Finding Information on the Web, (5) Evaluating Sources, (6) Citing Sources and (7)Finding Periodicals.\
As a Skyline student, you also have access to numerous resources. Some of them require that you be on campus, but if you have at least a library card, you can access the book and periodicals indexes to conduct searches. These are Skyline's databases: (1) Book Catalog, (2) Periodical Databases,(3) Newspaper Databases,(4) Literature Database, (5) Online Encyclopedias,(6) Government/Statistics, and (7) Online College Catalogs.
2.
Pennisula Library Homepage:
http://plsinfo.org/
As a Skyline student, you have access to all of the San Mateo County libraries. You'll need a library card to access the database from home.
3.
Internet Public Library:
http://www.ipl.org/
The Internet Public Library is the first public library of the Internet compiled by librarians. They have links pertaining to the following subjects: (1) Arts & Humanities, (2) Business & Economics, (3) Computers & Internet, (4) Education, (5) Entertainment & Leisure, (6) Health & Medical Sciences, (7) Law, Government & Political Science, (8) Sciences & Technology, and (9) Social Sciences.
4.
Librarian's Index to the Internet:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/internetindex/
The Librarians' Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 5,600 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources.
5.
The Scout Report:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/scout/report
Maintained by the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Scout Report is a weekly publication offering a selection of new and newly discovered Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators.
6.
World Wide Web Virtual Library:
http://vlib.org/
This site has resources on the following subjects: (1) Agriculture, (2) Beer and Brewing, (3) Gardening, (4) Business and Finance, (5) Transportation, (6) Computer Science,(7) Communications and Media , (7) Education , (8) Engineering, (9) Humanities, including Anthropology, Art, Dance, History, Museums, Philosophy, (10) Information Management , (11) International Affairs, (12) Law, (13) Recreation and Games, Gardening, Sport, (14) Regional Studies: Asian, Latin American, West European, (15) Biosciences, Health, Earth Science, Physics, Chemistry, and (16) Political Science, Religion, Social Sciences.
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