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Research Paper Assistance

Writing and Citing Guide in Engineering
Endnote (format and store your research sources)
- ASCE Citation Style for Endnote
Basic Search Strategies

Writing Up Your University Assignments and Research Projects
Publication Date: 2008
Helps build students' confidence in their own writing. This book addresses the preparation and writing of assignments and research projects. It provides a toolkit containing reference materials on areas including punctuation, grammar and academic terminology.

Plagiarism and Paraphrasing

How to avoid plagiarism (tutorial)
M-BOOK -- Rules & Regulations of the University of Missouri
Avoiding Plagiarism (U Alberta)
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (IU)
Paraphrasing (WI Library Consortium)
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Transportation Engineering

Citation Guides

American Society of Civil Engineers

ASCE Citation Builder (Interactive Site)
ASCE Documentation Style (MST)
How to Cite References using ASCE Format (UCinn)
Publishing in ASCE Journals: A Guide for Authors: Chapter 5: Manuscript Submission and Revision Requirements

Citation Basics

Science Citation Guides

EndNote (not compatible with Word 2016 on a MAC; Here's the fix for Windows 2016)

Library Tools

Search Strategy Builder (interactive)
EndNote (not compatible with Word 2016)
LibX toolbar (Firefox Plugin for MU Engineering Library)
Assigment Calculators (plan your paper)

Ebooks

Project Management for Engineering Design by Charles Lessard; Joseph Lessard
Publication Date: 2007

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