Research Websites

Assistance for general and focused research

• Academic Info: An annotated listing of the best general Internet sites in numerous fields, as well as a gateway to more advanced research. Web address: http://www.academicinfo.net/
• Guide to Researching Companies: Contains a great collection of resources for researching industries and companies -- for corporate research as well as job-hunters. Web Address: http://www.stetson.edu/~rhansen/researching_companies.html
• Internet for College Research: Some great links can be found on this course from Terry Dugas. Web address: http://www.naples.net/~dugast/LIS1003/lis1003a.html
• Needle in a CyberStack -- the InfoFinder: a great collection of Web resources for those needing help doing research. Web address: http://members.home.net/albeej/
• Research Methods Knowledge Base: A comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods. Web address: http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/index.htm
• Researchpaper.com From Infonautics, producer of Electric Library, this is a good site for school research and writing help. The Idea Directory has more than 4,000 research paper topics, while Research Central and the Writing Center offer advice about online research, a step by step writing guide, and tips on grammar, punctuation, and spelling. From the Idea Directory, predefined searches of Electric Library are offered to subscribers to trade ideas with other students.
• Resources for Graduate Students: Offers advice to graduated students conducting research on the Internet about search engines, searching techniques, managing the dissertation process, finding a topic, preparing a proposal, form and style manuals, exemplary research studies and electronic journals. Web address: http://www.problemfinder.com/
• Scholar's Guide to WWW: a well-organized directory of helpful references and resources. Web address: http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/index.html
• Virtual Reference Sites: Links to more than 2,500 of the most popular references site on the Net. Web address: http://www.virtualfreesites.com/reference.html
• Researchpaper.com
• A Guide for Writing Research Papers
• Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation
• How to Succeed in Graduate School: A Guide for Students and Advisors (Part 2 of 2)
• Getting “The BOOK” Done...
• DissertationandThesis.com
• DissertationEditing.com
• Guide to Writing Research Papers from the Capital Community-Technical College
• Researchpaper.com: Resources for writing research papers
• Analytical Writing for Science and Technology
• A+ Research and Writing Includes a six-step guide to researching and writing a paper: Getting started; Discovering and choosing a topic; Looking for and forming a focus, Gathering information; Preparing to write; Writing the paper.
• Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information Easy-to-follow recommendations for citing electronic resources in both APA and MLA style based on their book, 'Electronic Styles: a Handbook for Citing Electronic Information (1996), which is widely available in academic libraries.
• Bibliography Styles Handbook Summarizes and illustrates the bibliographic formatting rules for three different citation styles: the American Psychological Association (APA) style, the new Modern Language Association (MLA) style, and the old MLA style.
• Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on the 'Modern Language Association Handbook for Writers of Research Papers', 4th edition (1995).
• Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation Intended for Master's or Ph.D. candidates, this is a guide to the “quasi-political aspects” of the dissertation process. Topics also include selecting a supportive advisory committee, and preparing thesis and dissertation defense.
• Research Guide for Psychology (1982), by Raymond G. McInnis. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• A Short Guide to Writing About Social Science (1988), by Lee J. Cuba. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman.

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