Research, Writing & Surviving

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Research, Writing, & Surviving

Quickie Guide to Using WebCat, the Library Catalog An easy How-to guide to the library catalog, with a brief Dewey classification outline.

Quickie Research Guide This Dimond High School Library guide lists steps to follow for a report or research paper which are useful anywhere and at any level from upper elementary through graduate school. It notes in particular what a student can do in Dimond’s library, but nearly any library will do. The same research principles apply no matter what topic or level.

Writing Style & Format Guide Generic format guidelines from Dimond High School Library for reports, essays, research papers, compositions, and creative writing pieces. Includes common editing, proofreading, and correction marks.

Quickie Guide to MLA Style for Notes & Bibliography This Dimond High School Library guide includes samples of the most common documentation issues based on the 6^th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

Quickie Guide to APA Style for Notes & Bibliography This Dimond High School Library guide includes samples of the most common documentation issues based on extracts from the 5^th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

Suggestions for Taking Standardized Tests Prepared by Dimond High School teacher Frank A. Shaffer, this nutshell guide describes what to do before and during the test, plus strategies to answer questions. Though aimed at Dimond students, the tips can be helpful to anyone.

Quickie Guide to Copyright for Students This Dimond High School Library guide notes briefly the most common copyright issues and limits that relate to students. Does not cover all copyright law, but gives general guidelines. Possible penalties for plagiarism are noted as they may apply to Dimond students.

Tim Cayer's Cyber Library One of the best research-help sites around. Cayer has mixed and matched print and electron resources, with guides in many directions--blogs, banned books, references, college info, search engines, multimedia, and on and on. Easy to navigate; useful; friendly.

Research Tools Helpful lookup sources for words, maps,information, money, people.

A-Plus Research & Writing for High School & College Students A step-by-step guide, friendly, useful.

Noodletools Searching, researching, citing sources.

Biography.com Short biographical profiles on thousands of individuals.

A Million Lives Biographical profiles of the known and less well known, individuals, groups, categories. Does not include any living persons. Numerous different sources, not just at one site.

Study Guides & Strategies A truckload of study help links.

Create-A-Graph Make information easier to understand with bar, pie, area, line graphs.

Tips for Better Test Taking Short, helpful.

National Image Library All government stuff is in the public domain—that means no copyright, so all these images of wildlife, plants, scenery may be used without needing permission.

FreeFoto.com Very large collection of free photographs for private, non-commercial users.

Modern Language Assn (MLA) Includes a language map of the U.S., plus bibliographic citation style examples.

American Psychological Assn (APA)—Style Helpful examples of APA citation style, particularly electronic references.

High School Hub Includes connections to several useful references and homework help. Has vocabulary, quizzes, current events, links to other learning hubs.