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This free service creates autofill bibliographies in MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formats!

• What is a thesis? A good thesis statement makes the difference between a thoughtful research project and a simple retelling of facts.  This link will help you develop a winning thesis statement.

• Thesis Generator Here are ideas for helping you develop better thesis statements.

• Turnitin.com Use this link to submit your electronic papers

• Turnitin Student Quickstart  helps you get started with Turnitin by walking you through the steps for submitting your first paper.

• Choose the Best Search Engine For Your Information Need

• Evaluating Web Sites 101 is a self-paced tutorial to help you learn to evaluate web sites.

• Evaluating Web Sites is a checklist to help you decide if your Internet source can be used for your research paper.
  

APA Resources

• APA Style Guide for Subscription Databases

• Using APA Style to Cite and Document Internet Sources The Publication Manual gives guidelines for making in-text references to print sources. The following section shows how you can apply the same principles to citing online sources in your text

• NoodleBib is an interactive bibliography composer that automates the process of creating a works cited list.  NoodleBib takes care of punctuation and produces a polished bibliography that is correctly formatted and ready to print or import into your Word document.

Chicago Resources

• Chicago Style Guide for Subscription Databases

• Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Internet Sources.  Although the Chicago Manual provides some advice for documenting information from computerized data services, computer programs, and electronic documents, it contains little advice on documenting Internet sources. This Web site adapts the Chicago Manual's guidelines and models to Internet sources.

• Social Studies Writing Resources

MLA Resources

• MLA Style Guide for Subscription Databases

• Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Internet Sources The MLA Handbook gives guidelines for making in-text references to print sources. This site shows how you can apply the same principles to citing online sources in your text. 

• NoodleBib is an interactive bibliography composer that automates the process of creating a works cited list.  NoodleBib takes care of punctuation and produces a polished bibliography that is correctly formatted and ready to print or import into your Word document.