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A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation

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http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

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A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Styles Recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA)

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http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/

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APA Style.org

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http://www.apastyle.org/

Official site.

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Basic Legal Citation

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http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/

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Chicago Manual of Style Form Guide

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http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.php

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Citation Machine

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http://citationmachine.net/

Select citation format and then type of material (book, magazine, online, etc.) and enter the relevant information and the machine formats your citation.

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MLA Essentials: Research Paper Checklist

Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/15/2013 - 8:46am

http://english.answers.com/essays/mla-essentials-research-paper-checklist

Checklist to help you make sure your MLA style research paper is formatted correctly.

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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 12:38pm

http://www.mla.org/

Official site.

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Online! A Referece Guide to Using Internet Sources

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http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html

Overview of citing online sources in APA, MLA, and Chicago styles.

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General Reference

American FactFinder

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 12:22pm

http://factfinder.census.gov/

US Census data.

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Bartleby.com

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http://www.bartleby.com/

Great reference books online - includes quotations, dictionaries, and encyclopedias.

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Fact Monster

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http://www.factmonster.com/

Almanac, dictionary, and encyclopedia.

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GIGA Quotes

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http://www.giga-usa.com/

Quotations

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Harris County Appraisal District Records

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http://www.hcad.org/Records/

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Harris County Databases

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http://www.cclerk.hctx.net/coolice/default.asp?Category=RealProperty&Service=mastermenu

Real property, assumed names, vital statistics (birth & death), and marriage license databases.

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Internet Public Library FAQ

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 3:30pm

http://www.ipl.org/div/farq/FARQ.html

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Librarian's Internet Index

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http://lii.org/

A directory of websites compiled by librarians.

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SoYouWanna.com

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http://www.soyouwanna.com/

Instructions for doing everything from decorating an apartment to joining the Peace Corps.

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Texas Bureau of Vital Statistics

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 2:46pm

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/vs/default.shtm

Information on obtaining birth & death certificates, marriage and divorce records, among others.

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Texas Death Records

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 2:47pm

http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/tx/death/search.cgi?sourceid=00287279495539398992

Search records from 1964 - 1998.

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US Copyright Office

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http://www.copyright.gov/

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Virtual Reference Shelf

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http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

Sources compiled by the Library of Congress.

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World Time Server

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http://www.worldtimeserver.com/index.aspx

Find out the time anywhere in the world.

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World Wide Study Bible

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http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/

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Yahoo! Reference

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http://education.yahoo.com/reference/

Online reference books from Yahoo.

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Zip Code Lookup

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http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

From the US Postal Service.

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Conversions

MegaConverter 2

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http://megaconverter.com/mega2/

A variety of mathematical conversions.

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UnitConversion.org

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http://www.unitconversion.org/

A variety of mathematical conversion calculators.

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Countries

Aneki.com

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 12:23pm

http://www.aneki.com/

Information about countries and world rankings.

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CIA World Factbook

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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

Basic information about countries.

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Country Studies

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http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/

Analysis and history of countries.

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NationMaster

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http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php

Comparative statistics for the world.

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Dictionaries and Translation

Babel Fish

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http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

Translator from Yahoo. Translate to and from a variety of languages either by copying/pasting text or using a website address.

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Dictionary.com

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 12:44pm

http://dictionary.reference.com/

Searches for words in multiple sources.

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Merriam Webster

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/

In addition to dictionary and thesaurus services, includes a word of the day feature.

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OneLook

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http://www.onelook.com/

Find definitions or translations in a variety of dictionaries including specialized dictionaries.

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Translation Wizard

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http://www.faganfinder.com/translate/

Includes translation to and from a wide variety of languages.

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yourDictionary.com

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http://www.yourdictionary.com/

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Maps

Google Maps

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http://maps.google.com/

Includes satellite photos.

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HomeTownLocator Gazetteer

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http://www.hometownlocator.com/

Find statistical information by place name.

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Latitude & Longitude Look-up

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http://www.bcca.org/misc/qiblih/latlong.html

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Maporama

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http://world.maporama.com/

International maps.

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Perry Castaneda Library Texas Map Collection

Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 4:43pm

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/texas.html

Current and historic state, city, and county maps.

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Texas County Highway Maps

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http://txdot.lib.utexas.edu/

Texas Department of Transportation maps for each county. No longer updated.

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Texas General Land Office Archives

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http://www.glo.state.tx.us/archives/archives.html

Historic maps, history of land grants, and a history of public lands in the state.

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The National Map

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http://nationalmap.gov/index.html

A topographical map showing elevations; from the US Geological Survey.

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WorldAtlas.com

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http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm

Links to several latitude/longitude look-ups.

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Phone Directories

AnyWho

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 3:27pm

http://www.anywho.com/

Residential, business yellow & white, and reverse lookup.

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Area Decoder

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http://decoder.americom.com/

Enter an area code to find out it's location.

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Free Online Lookups

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http://www.melissadata.com/lookups/

Links to a variety of directories.

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Yellow Pages Location Directory

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http://www.yellowpages.com/

Business & residential.

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Search Engines

Image Search Engines

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http://www.faganfinder.com/img/

Lists a variety of image search engines.

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Peter's PolySearch Engines

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http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jacso/extra/poly-page.html

Demonstration project allowing searching across specialty engines.

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Search Engine Colossus

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 3:35pm

http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/

International directory of search engines.

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Short URLs

Make a Shorter Link

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http://makeashorterlink.com/

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SnipURL

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http://snipurl.com/

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TinyURL

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http://tinyurl.com/

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Timelines

20th Century Year by Year

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http://www.historycentral.com/20th/index.html

Major events from 1900-1999.

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AlternaTime

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http://www3.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html

Large list of time lines.

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dMarie Time Capsule

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http://www.dmarie.com/timecap/step1.asp

Enter a date to find major events that occurred. Includes popular music, books, TV and toys.

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Urban Legends

Museum of Hoaxes

Submitted by admin on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 3:43pm

http://museumofhoaxes.com/

A less serious approach to urban legends.

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Purportal.com

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http://purportal.com/

Search several hoax sites.

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Scambusters

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http://www.scambusters.com/

Urban Legends

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Snopes Urban Legends Reference Pages

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http://www.snopes.com/

One of the most popular urban legend directories.

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Truth or Fiction

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http://www.truthorfiction.com/

Check out rumors, inspirational stories, virus warnings, humorous tales, pleas for help, urban legends, prayer requests and calls to action to see if they are truth or fiction.

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