RESEARCH PAPER RESOURCES 2014-15                           Jim Roth's Website

Topic Suggestions

Tidewater Community College
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign
Midway College
Santa Monica College
The Bedford Research Room

Note-taking and Other Research Skills

Documentation Help

PURDUE OWL: CITATION CHART--The best single resource out there!

MLA

Working with Words From a Source--MLA
--Jim's VIDEO
Working with Words From a Source--MLA--Jim's document
MLA Format, (7th edition), part 1--YouTube PeakDavid video—part 1--forgive the ad at the beginning
MLA Format, (7th edition), part 2--
YouTube PeakDavid video—part 2--forgive the ad at the beginning

 

APA

Working with Words From a Source--APA--Jim's VIDEO
Working with Words From a Source--APA
--Jim's document
APA Citation Style & Format—(6th edition)
APA Citation Style & Format—(6th edition)


 

Research Paper How-To’s

The Bedford Research Room
How-to Video--How to use the Bedford Bibliographer
The Bedford Bibliographer--holds all of your sources and creates a references page

 

Empire College General How-To
YouTube—How To Write A Research Paper
YouTube--Choosing and Narrowing Research Topics

 

Helpful Activities to get started

 

The Bedford Research Room—lots of resources
Roan State Help--create a research calendar
Purdue University OWL
Georgetown University
Drexel University—don’t be put off by the “For Teens” title.  Good information awaits you
Roane State Community College

  

Good general help from the MTCE English Department--Lots of YouTube Videos

 

 

 University of Maryland University College—“peakdavid videos”

Choosing and Narrowing Research Essay Topics
How to Use Quotations in your Writing

 

Brainstorming your Rough Draft
The Hubble Sequence--from summary to research paper
MLA/APA Introduction
Documentation Formats, the DOI, and the PURDUE OWL Citation Chart--Jim's VIDEO