WR 121/122 Research Guide: Home

Beginning your paper

• Developing your Topic
• Generating Search Terms

Researching

• Popular and Scholarly Sources
• What is a Library Database?
• Evaluating Internet Sources

Writing  your Paper

• Incorporating Sources
• Using "Voice" Markers
• Why you need to Cite Sources

Students taking Writing 121/122 should be able to successfully do the following:

• Recognize when information is needed to complete specific exercises/assignments
• Identify the various types of materials appropriate for use in a college-level research paper
• Identify the necessary tools/databases/search engines needed how to access specific types of research materials
• Use keywords, boolean operators, and truncation symbols to search various databases/search engines
• Appropriately incorporate research information into a written text and cite correctly in MLA or APA style
• Correctly create a list of references in APA or MLA style

Refer to the tutorials in the left-hand column if you require a refresher in any of these skills

CQ Researcher: Contains full-text reports with background, timeline, pro-con, and bibliographies on today's current issues. Last updated 2011.

Opposing Viewpoints: Brings together numerous "opposing views," magazine articles, and references from a variety of resources.

Academic Search Premier

Provides citations and full-text for articles published in nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database provides citations and abstracts for articles found in more than 8,000 publications.

Academic Onefile

Contains peer-reviewed, full-text articles from journals and reference sources. Covers physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, with articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text format.