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Searching and Evaluating
Locating Sources
Text and Animated tutorials to help you track down resources in Philosophy
Helpful Databases for Persuasive Speech
- CQ Researcher Plus ArchiveOffers reports on timely topics, written by experts in the field. Helps for finding a topic, or offering research for a topic you have already chosen. Note especially the parts of each report entitled Pro/Con and Chronology.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (Gale)Searching by topic defaults to Pro/Con research (frombook format). Also allows searching for keywords, and narrowing research to scholarly journals.
Incorporating resources
Links to tutorials on managing your research and citing your sources, in order to avoid unintentional plagiarism.
MLA (Modern Language Association)
Please note that MLA has a new 7th edition (2009). Although the sites below offer helpful guidelines, please refer refer to the MLA guide (available at the Reference Desk) for most recent details. Please note that MLA has made access to web-based samples contingent upon buying their book.
- MLA FAQ on 7th edition
- Purdue OWL MLA Guide (7th ed)
- Univ. Toronto MLA Guide (6th ed.)
- Documenting Sources in MLA Style: 2009 Update-A Hacker Supplement.Offers explanations for documenting each type of resource, including electronic resources. Sample Bibliography at the end of the PDF.
- Adding the most recent Output Style to your RefWorks account
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