Follow the White Rabbit » Research http://fortytwo.edublogs.org Helping Teachers with Technology. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:21:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 OttoBib http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/ottobib/ http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/ottobib/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:01:15 +0000 aliogas http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/?p=183 OttoBib allows you to enter an ISBN number and then returns a citation in multiple formats. It’s meant for books only.

]]> http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2009/01/07/ottobib/feed/ 0 Finding Information on the Internet http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2008/10/22/finding-information-on-the-internet/ http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2008/10/22/finding-information-on-the-internet/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:05:45 +0000 aliogas http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/?p=85 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.

]]> http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2008/10/22/finding-information-on-the-internet/feed/ 0 Plagiarism http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2008/08/14/plagiarism/ http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2008/08/14/plagiarism/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:34:27 +0000 aliogas http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/?p=32 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 where the text could be found. It seems that the wikipedia article was plagiarized by a number of sites. You can also upload a text file (not .doc but .txt) and Article Checker will scan the text.

]]> http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2008/08/14/plagiarism/feed/ 0 Citations http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2008/07/30/citations/ http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/2008/07/30/citations/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:24:48 +0000 aliogas http://fortytwo.edublogs.org/?p=14 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 material to choose from (Print to Non-Print).

Other websites of note include: 

Bibme 
An MLA style guide. A free registration will allow you to save your bibliographies and then access them at a later date.

Easybib
An MLA citation maker.

Noodle Tools
Under Free Software Tools, click on NoodleBib Express. At this site, you have the option of MLA or APA.

OttoBib
OttoBib takes a slightly different approach.  You type in the ISBN number of the book and the site will provide the citation for you.

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