Research & Writing - Lafayette

Guidelines and examples from the University of Indiana Libraries.

This guide will help you find and evaluate primary resources available on the Internet. This guide was produced by the Reference and Users Association of the American Library Association

This handout from the College of DuPage gives detailed information on how to recognize false, misleading, or fake resources.

Detailed guide from the College of Dupage library on how to evaluate all types of resources.

Web site evaluation guide from Univ. of California at Berkeley

Adapted from the University Libraries at the University of Maryland, College Par, MD

Online tutorial on evaluating web sources created by Tanja Harrison, Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University.

Tips from the Writing Center at the Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Tutorial from the California State Univ. library at Fullerton shows how to find and use keywords for Boolean searching. This tutorial is interactive and gives you a Boolean string to copy and paste into any database search box.

This guide from the Pierce College libraries provides useful information on search strategies for online databases.

Brief guide from Oregon Tech libraries covers keyword vs subject searching.

Libraries and librarians sometime use vocabulary that is specific to resources and services provided by libraries. This guide of words, phrases, and acronyms prepared by the Illinois State University library may help clarify words that are new to you. Includes a translation of library terms into 6 different languages..

This tutorial will guide you through the research process starting with choosing a topic, finding background material, searching for books, articles and good websites, how to avoid plagiarism and cite your sources.

This tutorial from Hunter College guides you through the process of how to formulate good search strategies.

Overview of the steps involved in preparing a research paper.

Good advice for first and second year students from University of Chicago professors.

Writer's Web is a free, public-access handbook designed & maintained by University of Richmond students & faculty.

Advice from major university contributors for science and engineering students on writing lab reports, presentations, proposals and correspondence.

Quick guide to get you started!

Short video produced by Peabody Library, Vanderbilt University.

Comparison of scholarly, popular and trade publications from Middlebury College libraries.

Provides an overview of essay writing plus discussion of different types of essays.

Advice from the Harvard College writing center.

From the Jackson State Community College writing center.

This guide from the Georgia State University library provides lots of good tips and help.

From Purdue's OWL site.