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Advanced Searching: Tricks of the Trade
http://www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag/MayOL/zorn5.html
Advice on doing online research, from Peggy Zorn, Mary Emanoil, Luc Marshall, and Mary Panek.

Web Site Evaluation
http://www.marlboro.edu/~nickc/research/evallist.html
Mary D. Been's list of Web site evaluation guides.

Doing Research on the Web
http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/english/People/Locker.1/research.htm
Kitty Locker's step-by-step guidance to online research.

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources
http://www.smpcollege.com/online-4styles~help/
The electronic version of Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger's Online! provides guidelines for documenting online sources using four different styles-MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE.

Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/I/training/citation/citing.htm
Eric Crump offers this list of style guides, online and off. One of the most comprehensive such lists, with lots of useful links.

Info Zone
http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~mstimson/
This site clusters resources under steps in the research process, among them Wondering, Seeking, and Choosing. Even though it was designed for K-12, many of the links will prove most useful for the college researcher as well.

Study Skills
http://www.csbsju.edu/advising/helplist.html
From the academic advising office of the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University comes this site full of study skills advice and with 21 links to tips on time management, taking an essay exam, effective reading and note-taking, and other academic skills.

A+ Research and Writing
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/stepfirst.htm
From the Internet Public Library comes this site that offers a step-by-step approach to doing research. This page focuses on the beginning of research: preparing the assignment, discovering information, formulating a thesis, and gathering information. This site has many useful links.

The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-conferences
http://www.n2h2.com/kovacs/
This directory of e-conferences holds the best searchable data base of scholarly and professional discussions, covering both email lists and Usenet groups and offering a good forum for finding people interested and knowledgeable in your research area. Diane Kovacs updates the site regularly.

Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
From the library of the University of California at Berkeley, this site is consistently updated and keeps track of new trends in search engine protocols and browser developments, incorporating them into self-directed tutorials.

How to Search the Web: A Guide to Search Tools
http://daphne.palomar.edu/TGSEARCH/
Knowing how to use different search engines, how to phrase and punctuate your search terms, will determine the quality of your WWW searches. This guide by Terry Gray offers expert advice on using 10 powerful search engines, as well as links to other resources for search advice.

The Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/
The American Library Association www.ala.org recommends this site, which organizes information according to subject categories, but more important, does a good job in choosing worthwhile sources (though you should still be independently critical), and of keeping links updated.

A Student's Guide to Research with the WWW
http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/
Designed by Craig Branham, this site offers tips for evaluating Web sources and reading a Web page, with discussion of different types of Web pages and a full tutorial on Web search strategies.

Online Ombuds Narrative I
http://www.ombuds.org/narrative1.html
This narrative from the Online Ombudsman www.ombuds.org describes a case involving a person whose Web site included summaries of a particular newspaper's articles. The debate provides a good example of how complex the issues of plagiarism and copyright can be in cyberspace.

Tips for Effective Proofreading
http://www.ualr.edu/~owl/proofrd.htm
Item 1 on this list of proofreading tips makes this short list worth consulting and printing out for later reference.

The American Psychological Association Site
http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html
This page gives the APA's most recent advice about using and citing Internet sources; check out its link to student FAQs on citing electronic sources.

The Council of Biology Editors Style
http://www.smpcollege.com/online-4styles~help
The CBE does not have guidelines for citing Internet sources on its own site, but Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger offer a way to do so following the principles in the 6th edition of The CBE Manual.

The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ (and not so FAQ)
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq.html
Go here for the most current advice about Chicago style, or submit your own questions about style.

Citations of Electronic Sources
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html
Janice Walker provides this list.

Writer's Corner Discussion
http://www.researchpaper.com/forums/Writers_Corner/index.html
Discuss writing strategies and tips with other students and researchers who are working on their own research projects. Follow the URL back to and you'll find links to research discussions organized by subject area.

Tips for Effective Proofreading
http://www.ualr.edu/~owl/proofrd.htm
Item 1 on this list of proofreading tips makes this short list worth consulting and printing out for later reference.

The Modern Language Association Site
http://www.mla.org/set_stl.htm
Go here for the MLA's most current style for citing electronic sources.