Jim Roth's Website

RESEARCH PAPER RESOURCES 2014-15

Video Tour of the resources on this webpage

The Process--The Hubble Sequence--from summary to research paper

Note-taking and Other Research Skills

Documentation Help

Quick link to the Purdue Owl Citation Chart

Topic Suggestions

SCC Databases
Midway College
Santa Monica College
University of Illinois—Urbana-Champaign
Hartness Library

Format and Documentation

MLA/APA Introduction
Documentation Formats, the DOI, and the PURDUE OWL Citation Chart--Jim's VIDEO

MLA

Working with Words From a Source--MLA--Jim's VIDEO
Working with Words From a Source--MLA--Jim's document
MLA Format, (7^th edition), part 1--YouTube PeakDavid video—part 1--forgive the ad at the beginning
MLA Format, (7^th 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—(6^th edition)—shows MS Word features
APA Citation Style & Format—(6^th 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
How to Use Quotations in your Writing

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