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Documentation and ResearchWikipediaRemember 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 SitesBBC
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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