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Center for Applied Linguistics: "CAL conducts projects and offers a variety of research-based resources related to the education of English language learners in a variety of settings."

Citing Electronic Resources: Includes links to both detailed and quick guides to citing electronic resources.

Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication: An information repository of the Indiana University School of Education providing access to ERIC documents from 1966-2003, including online education in phonics and reading information.

Concordia University Libraries: This Library site includes links to the following style guides: APA Style, MLA Style, Turabian, Chicago, and other citation Guides. Students can also learn how to cite sources (avoiding plagiarism) and find online grammer guides.

CSUS Library: Citing Electronic Resources: "This guide is written for students and therefore features citing resources from databases currently available for their research through the LRCCD Libraries as well as the Internet. Be sure to use this site for proper documentation of research from electronic resources."

IFLANET: Citation guides for electronic documents selected by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.

Library of Congress Classification Outline: This page lists the letters and titles of the main classes of the Library of Congress Classification used by most College/University Libraries in the United States. The call numbers on the spine labels of each book on the library shelves include the combination of these letters and numbers which represent the subject categories in this classification system.

RCLweb: "RCL lists books, websites, and other electronic resources which professors and librarians have identified as the best or most useful for undergraduates. If you're starting research on a topic, RCL is a good place to look."

Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors: English instructor, Jack Lynch, of Rutgers University, is working on web links in general english resources on the web, rhetoric and style guides which serve to supplement his grammar guide.

Santa Monica College Library Research Guide: A guide on researching topics and citing sources using either APA or MLA style.

Style Manuals and Writing Guides: A comprehensive guide to style manuals available on the internet. Including MLA, APA, Chicago style.

 
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Approaches to Critical Thinking: "Some basic steps in critically analyzing arguments, with links to web pages on informal fallacies."

Capital Community College Guide for Writing Research Papers: Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation.

English Club: Use this web site to find everything from lessons for students to jobs for teachers, including interactive pages such as forums, games, quizzes, chat, help and penpals.

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Contains digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, recommendations on writing -- from basic problems in subject-verb agreement and the use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and help with argumentative essays, and a way to submit questions about grammar and writing.

Guidelines for Term Papers: A detailed description on how to write a term paper.

KnightCite: The Hekman Library of Calvin College has provided this online citation generator service to assist students with citations for the three main academic styles: MLA, APA, and Chicago. The service is provided free of charge by the college, and although not required, those who choose to register on the site will have the option of saving all of their citations and multiple bibliographies to their account. Created by Calvin College digital librarian Greg Sennema and Programmer Justin Searls, and supported by Calvin's ALIVE (Advanced Learning in Virtual Environments) program.

Library Research Guide: Olin & Uris Libraries have prepared a guide to library research including Seven Steps to Effective Library Research and individual parts of the research process.

Library Research Using Primary Sources: The UC Berkley Library has prepared this guide to help students learn how to do library research using primary sources. The recommended strategies are very helpful for any students getting started on term papers.

National Council of Teachers of English: The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. Since 1911, NCTE has provided a forum for the profession, an array of opportunities for teachers to continue their professional growth throughout their careers, and a framework for cooperation to deal with issues that affect the teaching of English.

OWL: This is Purdue University's Online Writing Lab. This site provides materials on topics such as punctuation, resumes, formats (such as MLA or APA) for citing electronic sources; includes information on Internet-based research. For a handout on how to avoid plagiarism click here.

Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources: The University of Wisconsin-Steven Point Librarians have devised a simple chart-based system clarifying the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary source material.

Primary Sources: The Reference Librarians at the Library of Congress have written a guide for finding and evaluating primary sources on the internet or in Library collections. Look at this site for clarification on the difference between primary and secondary source material.

Research and Documentation Online: Online version of "Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age" by Diana Hacker. It contains research guides to Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences.

Rutgers Newark English Department: Available on this site is a copy of the Writing Program Handbook describing basic english writing curricula. In addition are links to the Rutgers writing program and writing center.

SourceAid: Generates bibliographies, endnotes, footnotes in MLA, APA, CMS and CSE formats. Free registration required.

U.S. Copyright Office: "Here you will find all our key publications, including informational circulars; application forms for copyright registration; links to the copyright law and to the homepages of other copyright-related organizations."

Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources: An online addition of how to cite and document sources using the MLA specification.

Writing Argumentative Essays: A unit of curriculum which aims to teach students how to write short argumentative essays of approximately 1000 words.

Writers Workshop: This site includes teacher web links; how to edit grammar and mechanics:quoting and quotations, citing sources (MLA); plus info on plagiarism.

Writing Center at Colorado State University: Features include interactive tutorials, demonstrations, and writing guides for a variety of subjects from online research to developing arguments to correctly citing sources.

Writing Resources on the Web: A directory to writing labs and online resources covering citation guides and writing mechanics.

Writing Process: University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center provides instructional materials covering the stages of the writing process; Common types of writing assignments; Grammar and punctuation; Writing style; Citing sources for term papers.