Writing & Citing: Research Paper Assistance
Writing
- How to Write a Research Paper
- Writing an Abstract
- Writing an Annotated Bibliography
- Writing an Argument
- Writing a Book Review or Article Critique
- Writing a Comparing/Contrasting paper
- Conducting a Literature Review
- Writing a Thesis statement
Citation/Bibliography Tools
Writing Sites
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Research and Documentation Online (Diana Hacker)
- The Writer's Handbook (University of Wisconsin)
- Research Writing Rescue (University of Illinois)
- Materials for Students (Dartmouth Writing Program)
- Advice on Academic Writing (University of Toronto)
Contacts
Citing
- Citation Builder (North Carolina State University)
- Citing sources for a bibliography (APA, Chicago, MLA, Turabin, CSE) (Duke University)
Citing Sources within your paper (APA,Chicago,MLA, Turabin, CSE) (Duke University)
Citation Styles by Disciplines
Engineering
- ACM References
- ASCE Authors' Guide
- IEEE Computer Society
- IEEE Guide for Authors
- IEEE Standards Style Manual
- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department Style Guide
Science
- CSE/CBE (Council of Science Editors)
- AAA Style (American Anthropological Association)
- ACS Style (American Chemical Society)
- ACS Quick Guide (American Chemical Society Quick Guide)
- AGU style (American Geophysical Union)
- AIP style (American Institute of Physics)
- AMA style (American Medical Association)
- ASA style (American Sociological Association)
- GSA style (Geological Society of America)
- NLM style (National Library of Medicine)
- SSSA style (Soil Science Society of America)
Citing Online/Electronic Sources
- How to cite electronic sources (Library of Congress) (websites, illustrations, films, maps, photographs, sound recordings, texts, etc.)
- Online: a reference guide to using Internet sources (Bedford/St. Martin's)
Government Documents Citation Guides
- Government Publications style (Chicago/Turabian)
- DocsCite (APA/MLA)
- Congressional Publications
- Census Information
- Legal style