SUBJECT GUIDES:
Writing Papers

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism: What It Is, How to Recognize It, How to Avoid It: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html--University of Indiana.
Avoiding Plagiarism: http://sja.ucdavis.edu/avoid.htm--UC Davis Student Judicial Affairs.
Plagiarism Q&A: http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~mspears/plagmenu.html--Central Michigan University.
Avoiding Plagiarism: http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/AvoidingPlagiarism.html--by Sharon Williams, Hamilton College.

Basics of a Research Paper

Research Topic Ideas on Social Issues: http://lib.lbcc.edu/handouts/topics.html
Constructing Your Research Paper: http://bob.ucsc.edu/library/ref/instruction/research/libres.htm--UCSC.
Research Paper Help.net.A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation: http://www.researchpaperhelp.net/
How to Organize a Research Paper and Document It with MLA Citations: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4184/
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing: http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu--by Michael Harvey, Washington College.

Citing Sources

MLA Citation Handout: http://lib.lbcc.edu/handouts/mla.pdf--Prepared by LBCC Library (pdf format).
APA Citation Handout: http://lib.lbcc.edu/handouts/apa.pdf--Prepared by LBCC Library (pdf format).
Citation Guide: http://www.library.arizona.edu/help/tutorials/citation/--University of Arizona (for MLA, APA and Chicago styles).
Works Cited: http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/works_cited.htm--Duke University (For MLA, APA, etc.)
Citation Styles for Online Sources: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html--Includes MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE and Columbia Styles.
APA Style Guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html--from Purdue Univ. Writing Lab.
Columbia Guide to Online Style: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
MLA Writing Style Guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
Writing Research Papers: http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml--Writing style based on MLA

Dictionaries and Reference Tools

WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server: http://www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html
Babelfish: http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/translate.dyn--An online language translation service.
Lexicool.com: Directory of Bilingual and Multilingual Dictionaries: http://www.lexicool.com/--Links to over 1000 translation dictionaries and glossaries.
Roget's Thesaurus: http://www.thesaurus.com/
Webster's Dictionary & Thesaurus: http://www.m-w.com/netdict.htm
Wordsmyth Dictionary and Thesaurus: http://www.wordsmyth.net/
One Look Dictionary Search: Retrieves several dictionaries with one search http://www.onelook.com/
Your Dictionary.com: http://www.yourdictionary.com/--A dictionary to dozens of foreign languages.
Xrefer: http://w1.xrefer.com/--The web's reference engine, searches encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri & books of quotations from the world's leading publishers.
HyperDictionary: http://www.hyperdictionary.com/--Includes an English dictionary, computer dictionary, medical dictionary, thesaurus, and "dream interpretation" dictionary.
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page--An excellent online encyclopedia.
Encyclopedia.com--A free brief online encyclopedia from the Columbia Encyclopedia.
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr.: http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html--A basic tool for finding answers to grammatical questions and writing style.
Librarian's Index to the Internet: http://lii.org/search?basic_search=1--Great resource for beginning Internet research.
Criteria for Evaluation Web Pages: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/webcrit.html--Guide to selecting appropriate Internet sites to use in research from Cornell U.
Think Critically about Web Resources: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/--From UCLA.
Bartleby.com: http://www.bartleby.com/--Encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, poetry, fiction and nonfiction books full-text online.
The Online Books Page: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/search.html--Lists over 18,000 full-text classic books not under copyright restrictions freely available to read on the Internet.