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Research is crucial for writers trying to argue a point and be judged as credible. Including quality research, in the age of Google and Wikipedia, is often one of the most challenging aspects to writers moving into advanced high school and college work. Crucial concepts include: - Developing quality sources
- Citing information properly
- Creating accurate Works Cited pages
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Evaluating Sources
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Most students these days have vast resources at their fingertips: websites, libraries of digitized books, online databases that compile millions of articles. Being able to evaluate potential sources is a crucial skill that involves critical thinking, advanced reading skills, and sound judgment.
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Finding Sources
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Where can you go to find high-quality research? What are the pros and cons of specific websites?
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MLA Formatting
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Properly formatting documents using the MLA Style (Modern Language Association) - commonly used in the humanities and general education. MLA requires specific margins, layout, in-text citation, and bibliographic formatting. A key difference from other formats is the use of the author's last name (when available) in in-text citations. These in-text citations appear as parentheticals like, (Hemingway 45).
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APA Formatting
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Properly formatting documents using the APA Style (American Psychological Association) - commonly used in the social sciences. APA requires specific margins, layout, in-text citation, and bibliographic formatting. A key difference from other formats is the use of the author's last name (when available) along with the year of publication in in-text citations. These in-text citations appear as parentheticals like, (Hemingway 1929).
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