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| Why Do I Have To Write A Research Paper? | |
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| Using MLA and Other Styles Of Documentation | |
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| Modern Language Association (MLA) Style | |
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| American Psychological Association (APA) Style | |
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| Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago/CMS) Style | |
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| American Political Science Association (APSA) Style | |
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| Linguistic Society of America (LSA) Style | |
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| Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Style | |
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| American Chemical Society (ACS) Style | |
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| American Mathematical Society (AMS) Style | |
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| Choosing a Topic and Finding Sources | |
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| Choosing an Appropriate Research Strategy | |
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| Choosing a Topic | |
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| Narrowing Your Topic | |
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| Creating a Working Outline to Guide Your Research | |
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| Creating a Working Bibliography | |
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| Finding Sources in the Library | |
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| Searching for Sources on the Internet | |
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| Evaluating Research Sources | |
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| Taking Notes | |
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| Writing and Revising Your Paper | |
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| Writing the Paper | |
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| Preparing a Final Outline for Your Paper | |
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| Preparing Your Works-Cited Page | |
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| Revising Your Paper | |
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| Formatting Your Paper | |
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| Sample General Topic Research Paper | |
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| "The Story of Sarah Good: Guilty or Innocent?" | |
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| Sample Literary Analysis Research Paper | |
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| "An Analysis of the Character Biff Loman in Death of a Salesman." | |
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| Preparing Your Bibliography | |
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| General Guidelines for Preparing Your Bibliography | |
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| Spacing of Punctuation Marks | |
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| Shortening Numbers | |
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| Preparing an Annotated Bibliography | |
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| Citing Titles Correctly in a Works-Cited List | |
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| Converting All Titles to MLA-Style | |
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| Underlining Titles in a Works-Cited List | |
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| Using Quotations Marks around a Title in a Works-Cited List | |
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| Titles Not Underlined or in Quotation Marks in the Text of a Paper | |
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| Underlining Titles of Published Editions of Sacred Works | |
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| Formatting the Names of Parts of a Work in the Text of a Paper | |
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| Formatting the Names of Parts of a Work in a Works-Cited List | |
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| Formatting First Lines of Poems as Titles in a Works-Cited List | |
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| Formatting Titles Containing Quotations | |
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| Formatting Titles Falling inside Other Titles | |
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| Citing Books And Parts Of Books | |
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| Citing Books | |
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| Citing Parts of Books | |
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| Citing Anthologies and Works in Anthologies | |
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| Citing Essays | |
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| Citing Reprinted Essays, Articles, and Excerpts | |
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| Citing Periodicals | |
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| What Is a Periodical? Citing Scholarly Journal Articles | |
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| Citing Popular Magazines | |
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| Citing Newspaper Articles | |
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| Citing Reviews from Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers | |
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| Citing Miscellaneous Other Sources | |
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| A Pamphlet with an Author Given | |
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| A Pamphlet with a Corporation or Organization Listed as an Author | |
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| A Government Publication | |
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| An Unpublished Dissertation | |
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| An Unpublished Master's Thesis | |
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| A Published Dissertation | |
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| An Abstract from Dissertation Abstracts International | |
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| A Film | |
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| A Videocassette or Digital Videodisc (DVD) | |
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| A Television Program | |
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| A Television Interview | |
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| A Transcript of a Television Interview | |
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| A Radio Program | |
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| A Recording of a Classical Piece of Music | |
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| A Popular Song | |
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| Song Lyrics from an LP Liner or Compact Disc Booklet | |
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| Liner Notes or Booklet Essay from a Record or Compact Disc | |
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| A Music Video | |
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| A Map | |
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| An Advertisement in a Popular Monthly or Bimonthly Magazine | |
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| An Advertisement in a Popular Weekly or Biweekly Magazine | |
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| A Television Advertisement | |
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| A Cartoon | |
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| A Comic Strip | |
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| A Poster | |
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| A Poster Published in a Monthly Magazine | |
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| A Speech, Lecture, or Presentation | |
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| A Published Interview | |
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| A Personal Interview | |
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| A Telephone Interview | |
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| An E-Mail Interview | |
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| A Published Letter | |
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| An Unpublished Letter | |
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| A Memo | |
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| Citing Internet and CD-ROM Sources | |
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| General Guidelines for Citing Internet Sources | |
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| Citing Online Scholarly Journals | |
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| Citing Online Popular Magazines | |
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| Citing Online Newspaper Articles | |
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| Citing Other Miscellaneous Internet Sources | |
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| Citing Materials from a CD-ROM | |
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| Citing Materials From Reference Databases | |
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| Citing Personal Subscription Databases | |
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| Citing Online Library Subscription Databases | |
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| Citing Abstracts of Articles | |
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| Citing Free Online Reference Databases | |
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| Citing Online Encyclopedias and Dictionaries | |
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| Citing Articles from Print Reference Books | |
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| Citing a Definition from a Dictionary | |
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| Citing an Article from SIRS (Social Issues Resources S | |