Research and Writing Help

Brief Guides to Resources for Research Includes topic selection, database search tips, images and multimedia and more.
Quick Guides  - includes topic selection, Google tips, research strategies and more.
English 1000 Basic Research

• Writing an Abstract
• Writing an Annotated Bibliography | Examples
• Writing a Book Review or Article Critique
• Conducting a Literature Review

• Citation Style Guides

Web-based personal citation databases and bibliography creators:

• Endnote
• Zotero
• Mendeley

Import, store, and share research citations and automatically format bibliographies into whatever style needed (APA, MLA, Chicago, and many more)

• UNC Handouts on Writing - Writing the paper; Citation, style and sentence level concerns; specific writing assignments/contexts; writing for specific fields. Lots of good stuff on one page
• The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - includes academic writing, grammar and punctuation, subject-specific writing, job search writing and many citation styles with examples
• Advice on Academic Writing (University of Toronto) - good ESL writing tips and tips for writing in classes outside your major

Avoiding Plagiarism (interactive tutorial) 
Plagiarism Resources

• Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines for MU
• Dissertation Calculator (UMN)

Research Consultation
(Set up a one-on-one consultation with a librarian)