HONR 199S - AIDS: Biomedical, Social and Ethical Issues - Getting started on your Research paper
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Guide created by:
Jennifer SharkeyAssistant Professor of Library Science
Hicks Undergraduate Library
sharkeyj@purdue.edu
765-494-2907 (office)
Finding a Topic
- These sources are useful in finding, exploring, and identifying a topic for your research paper. These sources should NOT be used for finding sources you will cite in your paper. -
- CQ Researcher - Weekly reports covering contemporary issues in the US & World.
- Credo Reference - Articles and images from hundreds of dictionaries and encyclopedias in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
- Medline Plus - A health database geared towards consumer Information; maintained by the National Library of Medicine.
- Ethnic NewsWatch - News stories from alternative (ethnic, minority, and native) presses for in the United States.
- LexisNexis Statistical - Demographic and other statistical information gathered by the U.S. Government and other institutions.
Citing Sources
- Online Writing Lab (OWL) - This Purdue web site provides help guides, tutorials, and other information for writing a quality research paper.
- APA style guide -- Online Writing Lab (OWL) - This section of the OWL is devoted to citing sources using the APA style.
- MLA style guide -- Online Writing Lab (OWL) - This section of the OWL is dedicated to citing sources in the MLA style.
- Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition - View the library locations of the APA style manual in book format.
- MLA handbook for writers of research papers, 6th edition - View the library locations of the MLA style manual in book format.
- How to write and publish a scientific paper, 6th edition - View the library locations of the science writing style manual in book format.
- NOTE: Several databases have citation formatting tools. Look for links or buttons such as CiteNow!, Cite, or Cite this. -
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