Tips on Research and Professional & Scholarly Writing
Bibliographic Styles and Writing Tips & Tools
APA or MLA? See and choose for yourself at https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=%28MLA+OR+APA%29 + or copy & paste this URL to your browser.
Avoiding Plagiarism -Best practices and tips to help you avoid plagiarism, plus an interactive quiz; another tutorial for upper level and graduate students
Citing & Writing - Get writing tips, APA, MLA, Chicago citation styles, and learn about citation managers.
Distance Learning -Links to services to help you complete your distance coursework successfully
Evaluating Information - Learn to think more critically about the content of articles and other information resources. Is it relevant to your topic? Is it current? Is it scholarly?
Scholarly vs. Popular Articles - How do you identify peer-reviewed article sources
Distinguishing Primary vs Secondary Sources handouts compiled by Princeton University Library and UCSC Library
Search Tips - Learn to broaden or narrow your search results by using <AND> <OR> <NOT> or <TRUNCATION> for better results
Research tools to help you better manage research and search results
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Google ScholarThis powerful search engine allows you to search multiple databases simultaneously. Customize your google scholar to point to SJSU Get Text so you will be able to retrieve full-text articles or reports from SJSU databases.
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Zotero This link opens in a new windowA free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.