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Research

Research is often one of the most difficult assignments students face because research calls on students to exercise a variety of skills. Below are resources to assist you with the various phases of research from getting started to writing the finished paper.


Your best resource for any research you are doing is the Chattanooga State Augusta R. Kolwyck Library. In addition to books and magazines, the library offers students access to a variety of databases and other resources. The reference librarians may have prepared an assignment guide for your teacher's research assignment, or they may have created a research guide specifically for your topic or for the field of study you are researching. Visit the library on campus and online for every research assignment you do.

You may also want to check with your instructor to see if your textbook has online resources for your research paper. Some textbook sites for classes are listed on the Reading & Writing Center Classes page.

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General Resources


Getting Started


Finding Sources

For more information on searching the Internet effectively, see the Software Support and Internet Help page on the Reading & Writing Center home page.


Evaluating Internet Resources


 

Plagiarism and Copyright


Note Taking and Paraphrasing


 


Using Quotations Effectively


 

Documenting Sources


MLA Documentation: Works Cited


MLA Documentation: Internal Citations/Parenthetical Documentation


APA Documentation


Other Documentation Formats


Citation Tools

While these tools can help students format their citations, none of these tools are foolproof. Students should always check the results against the current handbook.

Format of the Research Paper

 

 

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