Documentation and Research

Wikipedia

Remember that Wikipedia is a great resource for getting ideas and an overview of the topic, but because of the nature of the wiki, your instructor may not consider it to be a credible source for your research papers.  Be sure to check your information against other sources.

Documentation and Research resources

Library Online Resources

http://www.itascacc.edu/library/references.cfm

For information on research and documentation using MLA, APA, Chicago,
and other formatting styles,

http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

2009 MLA updates

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/15/

For an interactive web tool to help with citing sources using MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian styles, see Citation Machine at
http://citationmachine.net/

Want to check the political facts?
Try http://www.factcheck.org

A tutorial in evaluating online resources:

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/techcomm/content/cat_030/evaluatingsources/index.html

Cornell University's Library Research Guide

http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/tutorial.html

Online News Sites

BBC

CNN

CBC

FOX

New York Times

Toronto Globe and Mail

National Public Radio

Wall Street Journal

Newseum Newspaper Front Pages Around the World

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/default.asp

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