Research

"Research is formalized curiosity.

It is poking and prying with a purpose."

~Zora Neale Hurston~


CITING SOURCES

MLA 8 - What's different? A few Changes..

  • One standard format for every source type

  • MLA8 uses containers - all core elements from a source are held in a "container."

  • Include the URL in the citation (no http:// or https://), date of access not needed

  • Omit city of publication

  • No more n.d & n.p. for missing information

  • Omit print/web

  • MLA 8 - What's new

MLA Works Cited: A Quick Guide

Creating a Hanging Indent in Google Docs


WRITING & RESEARCH

EduPlace: Citing Sources

  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Homework Help for Parents, easy guide for citing various reference sources

Purdue OWL

  • writing, research & citation resources

Plagiarism.org

  • how to paraphrase

Wikipedia

  • making the best use of Wikipedia

Wikipedia Disclaimer


Plagiarism.org

  • plagiarism, citation & research tools​

Purdue OWL Plagiarism Exercises