Research
Getting Started
APA Resources
MLA Resources
Chicago/Turabian Resources
American Chemistry Society Resources
Citation Maker
Creating an Annotated Bibliography
Quoting, Paraphrasing and Avoiding Plagiarism
Evaluating Websites
Tillman School of Business Resources
Department of Religion Resources
Library Handbook/Research Methods
Subject Guides
Getting Started
Choosing a Topic and Getting Search Results
- University of Mississippi Libraries. This page is a collection of tools to help you get started with your research.
- Library Resources for Academic Research. This handout, created by library staff contains tips for searching the library's online catalog, NC LIVE and NetLibrary as well as instructions on how to find and request books or periodicals not owned by the library using Interlibrary Loan. It also provides contact information for the library staff and tips on formatting a research paper.
APA Resources
- Basics of APA Style: This site, a part of the official APA website, contains an in-depth tutorial covering many of the details you will need to know.
- University of Maryland University College, APA tutorial. This tutorial is concise and full of examples. An excellent resource to view before getting started with your paper.
- The College of St. Scholastica Library (Use this website for citing electronic books from NetLibrary.)
- Frequently Asked Questions about APA: This is also part of the official APA website. The questions cover a wide range of topics that will be of interest to anyone formatting their paper in APA style.
MLA Resources
Moye Library Resources:
- MLA Tutorial by University Libraries, The University of Southern Mississippi
- Columbia Basin College Library (Use this website for citing electronic books from NetLibrary).
Chicago/Turabian Resources
The Turabian citation style, based on the manual written by Kate Turabian, is a condensed version of Chicago citation style from The Chicago Manual of Style. Turabian is designed for student papers whereas the Chicago style includes additional information for authors who are in the process of publishing.
Moye Library Resources:
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, and A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate Turabian are available at the Reference Desk and at the Circulation Desk. Additional copies are located on the shelves and are available for check-out.
The websites below reflect a citation style which is a combination of Turabian and Chicago, and reflect the citation format you will find in NC LIVE.
Websites
- The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin at Madison's Chicago/Turabian Documentation
- Gund Library Staff at the Cleveland Institute of Art's Turabian/Chicago Bibliography and Footnote Style Guide
- Quinebaug Valley Community College Library (Use this website for citing electronic books from NetLibrary).
American Chemistry Society Resources
Chemistry students at Mount Olive are instructed to use the citation format of the American Chemistry Society.
Moye Library Resources:
The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information, 3rd edition, is available at Moye Library at the reference desk.
Websites:
The two websites below reflect the citation formats from the ACS style guide, 3rd edition.
Citation Makers
- KnightCite by Calvin College
- Landmark’s Son of Citation Maker by David Warlick and The Landmark Project:
Creating an Annotated Bibliography
If you are assigned an annotated bibliography, your instructor will be reviewing not only your collection of resources, but also your knowledge and analysis of those resources. Use the websites below to learn about the different types of annotations and to see examples of annotated bibliography entries.
- Annotated Bibliography Tutorial (Created by Cornell University)
This tutorial discusses the difference between an abstract and an annotation and also includes suggestions for what topics to include in the annotation.
- Annotated Bibliography (Created by the Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
This handout includes a detailed analysis of the different types of annotated bibliographies complete with suggestions for writing style. Included in the handout are links to tutorials on citing in various style formats. One of the most helpful sections of the handout is the listing of the elements that should be included in an acceptable annotation.
- Annotated Bibliographies (Created by the Kansas University Writing Center)
Although concise, this guide is helpful in showing the differences between descriptive and evaluative annotations.
- Annotated Bibliographies (Created by The Writing Center, The University of Wisconsin-Madison)
When deciding on which kind of annotation you are going to write, this website will be helpful. See the chart on the content of each type of annotation.
Quoting, Paraphrasing and Avoiding Plagiarism
The websites below instruct the user on how and when to use quotations and paraphrasing in order to avoid plagiarism.
- The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin at Madison: Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources
- University of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Acknowledging Sources
- Trinity Western University: Plagiarism, Eh?: How to Recognize it and Get It Out of Your Life (This presentation was created by William Badke, Associate Librarian at Trinity Western University in 2007).
- Bergen Community College: Avoiding Dropped Quotations
Evaluating Websites
Each of the websites below provide an excellent process for helping students determine if a website is suitable for academic use.
- UC Berkeley Libraries: Evaluating Websites - Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask
- Georgetown University Library: Evaluating Internet Resources
Department of Religion Resources
The resources below were created by the Mount Olive College Department of Religion.
- Approved Bible Commentaries and Dictionaries
- Approved Websites for Research in Religion
- Citing Bible Commentaries in Chicago Style