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Research Portal -- The research tools linked here include help with MLA citations. Investing time now to understand the tools will save time later.
ATTENTION: "MLA style...requires in-text documentation for every direct quotation, indirect quotation, paraphrase, and summary." That is perhaps the most important point of this document, which has much more useful information: Cal State Expository Writing Summary: Using sources, avoiding plagiarism, and MLA format (seven pages)
Video overviews
- Why We Cite (University of North Carolina)
- Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction (North Carolina State)
- How We Cite (University of North Carolina)
Techniques for research and writing
- Step-by-step guides
- OWL
- Don't rely on Wikipedia; use better sources
- How To Write A Paper Using Evernote
- Research paper survival guide (alternate link)
- Using research (Purdue OWL)
- Avoiding 10 types of plagiarism (TurnItIn.com) (alternate link)
- Harvard's guide to avoiding plagiarism
- Using sources and quotations
- Plagiarism.org
- How to use cards in card format
- How to cite images
- Evaluating web resources
Other databases
- Here's a list of specialized search engines that may be helpful.
- And here are seven general academic search engines.
- Wikipedia has a list of free academic databases and search engines.
Citation tools
- Use the "Cite" button on ProQuest:
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