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Contents:  General Advice | Finding a Topic | How to Improve Your Writing | Grammar | Citation, Documentation & Footnotes | Scholarly & Non-Scholarly Periodicals | Primary & Secondary Sources | Plagiarism: Avoidance, Prevention, & Detection |

See also:  Book Reviews | Calculators, Convertors, &c. | KnightCite Citation Composer (MLA, APA, Chicago formats) | Citation, Documentation & Footnotes | Dictionaries, Glossaries & Thesauri | Encyclopedias & Almanacs | English as a Second Language (ESL) | FictionFinder | News & Current Events |

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General Advice

A+ Research and Writing for High School and College Students
Step 1: Getting Started Step 2: Discovering and Choosing a Topic Step 3: Looking for and Forming a Focus Step 4: Gathering Information Step 5: Preparing to Write
Step 6: Writing the Paper
 
Best Information on the Net How to Develop a Viable Research Topic How to Do Research for an Essay
National Univ. of Singapore Library
Library Research: The Seven Steps of the Research Process
Step 1: Find and Develop a Research Topic Step 2: Finding Background Information Step 3: Finding Books Step 4: Finding Periodicals and Periodical Articles Step 5a: Using the Internet
Step 5b: Finding Videorecordings and Spoken Word Recordings in the Cornell Library Catalog Step 6: How to Evaluate the Information Sources You Find Step 7: Cite What You Find Using a Standard Format    
 
Research Help Univ. of Houston Libraries Researchpaper.com
Archive November, 2002
Suggestions for Finding a Topic Ten Steps to a Research Paper
Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Thesis Research Strategy
National Univ. of Singapore Library

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Finding a Topic

Define a Topic
Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology
Hot Paper Topics
Best Information on the Net
NUS LION: Research strategy for essay Researchpaper.com
Archive November, 2002
Select A Topic
Research Help, Univ. of Houston Libraries
Thought Starters: Asking the Right Questions
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

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How to Improve Your Writing

11 Rules of Writing Advice on Research and Writing
Carnegie Mellon
Elements of Style
(1918 ed.), William Strunk, Jr.
Online Writing Center
Salt Lake Community College
The King's English
(2nd. ed., 1908) H. W. Fowler
The Online Writery
Univ. of Missouri
The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Writing Argumentative Essays

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Grammar

A Guide to Grammar and Writing
Prof. Charles Darling, Capital Community-Technical College
Ask a Linguist English Consulting and Language Reference Service
(Commercial; some free samples)
English Grammar Links for ESL Students Grammar Lady
Answers your English grammar questions
Guide to Grammar and Style
Jack Lynch, Univ. of Pennsylvania
The Grammar Safari The online English Grammar

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Missouri Hotlines

Joplin (64801)Kansas City (64110)

Missouri Southern State College
Grammar Hotline

University of Missouri Kansas City
Writer's Hotline

Telephone (417) 624-0171 Telephone (816) 235-2244
Fax   Fax  
Email simpson-d@mssu.edu Email  
Schedule Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5pm Schedule Monday-Friday, 9am-4pm

Missouri State University
Writing Center

Telephone (417) 836-6398
Fax  
Email writingcenter@missouristate.edu
Schedule Monday, Thursday, 9am-7pm;
Tuesday-Wednesday, 11am-9pm;
Friday, 9am-1pm

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Citation, Documentation & Footnotes

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A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Styles Recommended by The American Psychological Association (APA)
Capital Community-Technical College
A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation
Capital Community-Technical College
KnightCite Citation Composer
MLA, APA, Chicago formats

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Scholarly & Non-Scholarly Periodicals


Distinguishing Between Scholarly and Non-scholarly Periodical
Univ. of Vermont (Table form)
Distinguishing Scholarly from Non-Scholarly Periodicals
Bucknell Univ. (Brief)
Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
Olin*Kroch*Uris Libraries, Cornell Univ.

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Primary & Secondary Sources


The Cycle of Scientific Literature: Primary Literature > Secondary Literature

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Plagiarism

See also:CyberPlagiarism: Avoidance, Prevention, & Detection |

Plagiarism (From Article X.Definition of Terms of the Student Judicial Programs Student Code Of Rights and Responsibilities):The term "plagiarism" includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work or sections of a work of another person without full and clear acknowledgement. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials, including material taken from or ordered through the Internet.

Avoiding Plagiarism
Hamilton College
How to Lessen the Chances of Plagiarizing
Archive October, 2001
How to Proctor From a Distance
Chronicle of Higher Education , Nov. 12, 1999
On Plagiarism
English Dept., Univ. of Pennsylvania
Plagiary and the Art of Skillful Citation: Some notes on the ethics of citation
John Rodgers, Ph.D, Baylor College of Medicine

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