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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts |
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RESEARCH & WRITING |
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QUICK LINKS |
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Research and Writing Guides News Links Phonebooks Dictionaries AND MORE! |
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LIBRARY INFORMATION Borrowing Materials from Other Libraries
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Researching Your Topic
Duke University Libraries Guide to Library Research University of Washington’s Research 101 – Interactive guide to library research
And don’t forget
The Reference Shelf and the Librarians’ Index to the Internet |
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Online Library Catalogs CWMARS – including Pittsfield, North Adams and Springfield Five Colleges – Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, Smith and UMASS Libweb – Over 7,300 library pages from around the world Massachusetts Library Directory |
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Evaluating Your Resources
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet – The Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University How to Evaluate the Information Sources You Find – Cornell University Libraries |
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Writing Your Paper
The OWL at Purdue – Online Writing Lab A Step by Step Guide to Writing Research Papers by Melissa Williamson, ‘04
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Citing Your Sources
The Citation Machine – formats your citation according to MLA and APA rules Cornell University Libraries – Citing Sources – APA Cornell University Libraries – Citing Sources – MLA Duke Universities Guide to Library Research – Citing Sources |
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Plagiarism, Paraphrasing and Copyright
Avoiding Plagiarism – OWL at Purdue University Avoiding Plagiarism – Tufts University Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognize and Avoid It – Indiana University Plagiarism Court: You Be the Judge – Fairfield University |