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Citation guides and resources from the recognized authority, the Online Writing Lab of Purdue University.

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We are a globally renowned resource that provides assistance with English to students, teachers, professionals, and organizations across the world. Our goal is to assist clients in their development as writers - no matter their skill level.

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Purdue OWL® - Purdue OWL® - Purdue University

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We are a globally renowned resource that provides assistance with English to students, teachers, professionals, and organizations across the world. Our goal is to assist clients in their development as writers - no matter their skill level.

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This guide is designed to help guide you through the research process with a combination of tips, strategies, and guided tutorials.

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Library Research Tutorials

This section of our guide is designed to help guide you through the research process with a combination of tips, strategies, and guided tutorials. This section is a condensed version of a larger Research Tutorials Guide.

You can explore this guide by navigating the tabs on the left-hand side of the screen. Feel free to follow along or go directly to the topic you need help with.

This guide will cover:

Finding your Initial Search Terms.

Search Tips and Tricks.

Evaluating sources.

Searching the Library Catalog.

Finding Library Databases.

Searching Library Databases.

Navigating this guide:

This guide is designed with various learning paths. Do you learn better watching a video or by engaging with an image or by reading text? Where possible, this guide is designed to allow you to choose the pathway that best suits your learning preference. At the top of each page there will be a heading like this one that will go over the different ways you can review the information: read the text, interactive with an image, or watch a video.

Navigate the interactive images by clicking on the blue plus sign icons located on the image. Clicking on the icon will bring up a text box that will provide future explanation of the image. Some of these text boxes will include further explanatory images.

Have a Question?

For help understanding the information on these pages, use the 24/7 Ask a Librarian chat to the left (also located on the main library homepage).

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LibGuides: Regional High School Students & Visits: Research Tutorials

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This guide is designed to Introduce high school students to Broome Library's resources and how to navigate them and explain how to arrange a group high school student visit to Broome Library.

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Website Research: Central Michigan University

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Website Research: Central Michigan University

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Extensive resources, print and video, on using the CRAAP test and lateral reading or SIFT strategies to evaluate websites for bias and misinformation.

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Learn how to choose the best websites to use as resources for your research!

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University Writing Center - Texas A & M 

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University Writing Center - Texas A & M 

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An extensive set of guides and videos covering the research process, academic writing, grammar and mechanics, academic integrity, and citation

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Use control + f to easily search for a particular subject. Don't see what you need? Contact us to suggest topics.

Our guides take you from brainstorming to revision. Besides handouts, you'll see we've listed podcasts and videos as well as interactive lessons that allow you to self-assess your learning. We also have an alphabetical list of our guides.

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Howdy! Welcome to WritingCenter: Writing & Speaking Guides. Learn more about Texas A&M University at www.tamu.edu.

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The Research Process - Portland Community College Library

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The Research Process - Portland Community College Library

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A nicely organized, user-friendly site provides guides and videos through all phases of the research process: choosing a topic, finding and evaluating sources, writing, citation and avoiding plagiarism.

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John Hopkins Sheridan Libraries: Plagiarism & Citation Guides

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John Hopkins Sheridan Libraries: Plagiarism & Citation Guides

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Click the links to "Research Tools" and "Writing, Citation and Publishing Guides" for a collection of instructive and useful handouts and videos.

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Guides: Avoiding Plagiarism: Avoiding Plagiarism at JHU

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Guides: Avoiding Plagiarism: Avoiding Plagiarism at JHU

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University of North Carolina Writing Center: Tips and Tools

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University of North Carolina Writing Center: Tips and Tools

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Detailed guides to writing, style, usage, plagiarism and citation that can be printed or saved as PDF handouts; includes brief videos illustrating many of these aspects.

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The Writing Center * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Tips & Tools - The Writing Center * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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We welcome feedback about these handouts and suggestions for additional handouts. Please email us or call us with your ideas.

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Writing Guides - George Mason University

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Writing Guides - George Mason University

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An extensive collection of guides to writing as a process, grammar, style and usage, avoiding plagiarism, and citation, which can be downloaded as PDF files

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Created by Writing Center consultants, our Quick Guides provide concise instruction on a variety of writing skills, tasks, and processes. Consultants often integrate these guides into consulting sessions, but you can use them independently to get a quick handle on the topic of your choice.

Print copies of the Quick Guides are available in our campus locations, but we invite you to download as many as you like.

Writing as Process
Understanding Your Instructor's Prompt Brainstorming Techniques
Reverse Outlining| Video on Reverse Outlining
Organizational Maps 23 Ways to Improve Your Draft Providing Feedback to Writers Editing Checklist How to Edit Your Own Essay: Strategies for Multilingual Writers Advice on Setting Up and Working with a Writing Group
Writer's Block | Video on Writer's Block
Revising for Concision: 10 tips
Writing in Different Genres
Introductions and Conclusions for Humanities Papers Taking In-Class Essay Exams A Guide to Annotated Bibliographies Writing an Abstract Writing a Scientific Research Report (IMRaD)Abstracts in Scientific Research Papers (IMRaD)Introduction Sections in Scientific Research Reports (IMRaD)Method Sections in Scientific Research Reports (IMRaD)Results and Discussion Sections in Scientific Research Reports (IMRaD)Conclusion Sections in Scientific Research Reports (IMRaD)Writing a Literature Review Organizing Literature Reviews: the Basics Organizing Literature Reviews: Advanced News Writing Fundamentals Writing a PowerPoint Presentation Writing Business Letters Writing Business Memos Word Bank of Business Terms Writing Effective Talking Points Writing Personal Statements for Health Professions All About Resume Writing Advice for Writing Personal Statements Writing Cover Letters Posting to Discussion Boards Sending Email to Faculty and Administrators Problem Proposals White Papers
General Writing Practices
Common Writing Terms and Concepts Defined Writing Your First Sentence Thesis Statements Transitions Writing Concisely Cohesion and Coherence Signposting Language for Improving Cohesion All About Counterarguments Online Resources for Improving Grammar and Word Choice in Writing
Research-Based Writing
How to Write a Research Question Searching for Sources on the Mason Library Databases Quotation, Paraphrase, Summary, and Analysis When to Summarize, Paraphrase, and Quote Signal Phrases A Guide to Annotated Bibliographies
Writing a Literature Review (See above for more lit review guides)
Hedges: Softening Claims in Academic Writing
Citing Sources
APA Style Quick-Guide Chicago Citation Style Quick-Guide MLA Citation Style Quick-Guide MLA 7 v. MLA 8: What's different? Turabian Style Quick-Guide Plagiarism
Reading Practices
Critical Reading Strategies for Reading Academic Articles Tips for Note Taking Tips for Active Reading
Grammar & Style
Active and Passive Voice Choosing Between Infinitive and Gerund: "To do" or "doing"?Choosing the Correct Word Form Combining Clauses to Avoid Comma Splices, Run-ons, and Fragments Commas, Semicolons, and Colons Converting Fragments to Full Sentences Count vs. Noncount Nouns Definite and Indefinite Articles Improving Cohesion: The "Known/New Contract"Modal Verbs Parallel Structure Prepositions Proper Nouns Reducing Informality in Academic Writing Run-on Sentences Same Form, but Different Functions: Various Meanings of Verb+ing and Verb+ed Subject-Verb Agreement The Three Common Verb Tenses Used in Academic Writing Using Reduced Relative Clauses to Write Concisely Verb Tenses Word Order in Statements with Embedded Questions
Recursos para la escritura en español
Algunos recursos en línea para la gramática y el vocabulario en español Los tiempos y los modos verbales Los artículos

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Created by Writing Center consultants, our Quick Guides provide concise instruction on a variety of writing skills, tasks, and processes. Consultants often integrate these guides into consulting sessions, but you can use them independently to get a quick handle on the topic of your choice.