1. MLA CITATION

   This site provides research and documentation styles. The MLA format is explained and grammar help is offered with special help with sentence clarity.

2. RESEARCH TOPICS

   This is a great site for finding that special topic to research.

3. ELECTRONIC CITATION

   This is a great site to check an electronic source citation for your bibliography.

4. PLAGIARISM

   Some great websites on plagiarism.

5. COPYRIGHT -- the following web sites will help you with copyright issues

http://www.leasttern.com/Tech/CopyrightGuidek12.html
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/copypol2.htm
http://www.mediafestival.org/copyrightchart.html

6. Downloadable Forms (Word documents)

1. Citing Sources
2. Internet Sources
3. Preparing a List of Works Cited
4. Print Resources

SPECIFIC TIPS

To research the Internet and get credible sites, you need to use the Boolean Search logic to request only educational and/or governmental sites. To do this enter the domain request within parentheses. An example, if you were looking for credible sources for the topic on "whales", you would enter : (domain: ed.AND gov.) + whales or (domain:ed. AND gov.) whales. Remember to always consult the HELP reference for each search engine to see what logic expressions are used.