Library > Research Tools

Encyclopedias

WorldBook Online Reference Center
http://www.worldbookonline.com

Wikipedia
http://www.wikipedia.org - USE WITH CAUTION!

High Beam Encyclopedia
http://www.encyclopedia.com

Dictionaries

Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster

American Heritage Dictionary of the American Language - 4th edition
American Heritage Dictionary

Links to hundreds of dictionaries on various topics and in numerous languages.
YourDictionary.com

How to write a paper

A+ Research and Writing
Provides step-by-step instructions for writing a research paper.

Guide to conducting literary research
In depth guide for writing a literary paper.

APA and MLA Styles

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.htm
An easy-to-follow, color coded guide for a variety of materials shown in APA style.

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html
Citation instructions for electronic resources.

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm
An easy-to-follow, color coded guide for a variety of materials shown in MLA style.

How to cite sources

http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Style Tips

http://www.apastyle.org/styletips.html

Citation Style for Research Papers

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citation.htm

Citation Machine

http://citationmachine.net
Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties. The promary goal of this tool is to make it so easy for high school, college and university students and other researchers to credit information sources, there is virtually no reason not to -- because SOMEDAY THE INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE WANTS TO USE, WILL BE YOURS.