Utah Valley State College
Online Writing Lab -- Resources

Research Tools

Tutor JoeThe following is a list of research tips and strategies, information resources, evaluation information, and documentation basics.

Research Tips & Strategies

  • UVSC Library Research Tutorials - This site, created by the Utah Valley State College Library, provides beginning to intermediate research tutorials.
  • The Research Process - This Penn State University website outlines steps students should take when conducting research and writing a research paper.
  • Avoiding Plagiarism - This handout covers the basics of avoiding plagiarism, which is essential in producing good research papers.

Research Resources

  • Research by Subject - The Utah Valley State College Library offers research links to students by academic area.
  • Research & Documentation - This site, produced by Bedford St. Martins and Diana Hacker, provides links to discipline-specific resources and documentation.
  • Internet Public Library - This is an extensive collection of online resources, including books, journals, magazines, and newspapers.
  • Index of Online Books - This site offers thousands of books and is searchable by author, subject, or title.
  • Newspaper Voyager - The Newspaper Voyager allows readers to find and read newspapers from every state in the US. 

Evaluating Resources

  • Critical Evaluation of Resources - This University of Berkeley Library page offers many ways to evaluate books, periodicals, and online resources.
  • Evaluating Internet Resources - This website, created by the Infopeople Project, provides an easy checklist of questions to help determine a website's credibility.
  • Evaluating Web Pages - This University of Berkeley Library page offers techniques, questions, and examples to help students critique online sources.

Documentation

APA

  • APA Format & Documentation Handout
  • APA Style Basics - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center offers essential information for formatting papers in APA.
  • APA FAQs - On this site, the American Psychological Association(APA) provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).

MLA

  • MLA Format & Documentaion Handout
  • MLA Style Basics - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center offers essential information for formatting papers in MLA.
  • MLA FAQs - On this site, the Modern Language Association (MLA) provides answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs).

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