Research Writing Resources
21st Century Information Fluency Project Portal
News, information, tools, and standards-aligned instructional strategies for information literacy/fluency in K-16
A+ Research & Writing for High School and College Students
This web site is sponsored by the Internet Public Library that provides credible methods for writing a research paper.
Beyond Books--Building Language
Section 6: Where Do I Begin? Research Strategies
The Biography Maker
These on-line lessons explain what a biography should be and walks writers through questioning, learning, synthesis, and story-telling.
Dartmouth College Composition Center
Complete Student Resource guide to writing an academic paper
A Guide for Writing Research Papers
Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation
Guide to Citation Style Guides
This has links to any kind of citation you can imagine you would need to know.
How to Write an Outline
Step-by-step directions with a model
MagPortal.com
Find free magazine articles, categorized and searchable.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Discovering what to write, organizing your writing, revising, editing, writing informal essays, writing thesis/support essays, writing exploratory essays, writing argumentative essays, documenting your sources.
Paraphrasing and Quoting
When you write papers, you will often need to use someone else's ideas to prove your point. When you do this, you can either quote them, or paraphrase (summarize in your own words) what they wrote. (from Engish Works: Galludet University)
Purdue Online Writing Lab
This includes, among other things, handouts for students and teachers about general writing concerns (the writing process), grammar, spelling, and punctuation, research and documenting sources (including MLA and APA styles).
Writing a Research Paper
Presented by Purdue's OWL and Writing Lab
Writing Resources include: