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OttoBib

Posted in Research on Jan 7th, 2009 No Comments »

OttoBib allows you to enter an ISBN number and then returns a citation in multiple formats. It’s meant for books only.

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Finding Information on the Internet

Posted in Research on Oct 22nd, 2008 No Comments »

UC Berkeley offers tutorials on researching on the internet. Information provided includes search tools, evaluating web pages, downloadable information on various style sheets as well as downloadable handouts and PowerPoints used in their current classes.

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Plagiarism

Posted in Research on Aug 14th, 2008 No Comments »

Article Checker checks websites and articles for plagiarism. Copy and paste a block of text in the text box, select the search engine you want to use (google or yahoo) and then click on compare. I copied and pasted a paragraph from a wikipedia article and within seconds I was given a list of websites [...]

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Citations

Posted in Research on Jul 30th, 2008 No Comments »

There are a number of websites that help students formulate citations. One of my favorites is The Citation Machine. You can choose from the MPA, APA, Turabian or Chicago style guide. Once you pick the appropriate style guide (at The Study it would be MLA), then you have a variety of different types of source [...]

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