The following links are designed to help you get started with research papers and assignments.

The Research Paper: How to Get Started, Information about how to select a topic and more.

Search Strategy: The Basics, Guide to finding information about your topic.

Choosing a Topic

Refining a Topic

How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography

• Hartnell Online Catalog, Look up information, access electronic book texts.
• CQ Researcher, Look up information on current and controversial topics. Requires off campus logon.
• EBSCOhost, Look up magazine and journal articles. Requires off campus logon.
• ProQuest Newspapers, Look up newspaper articles. Requires off campus logon.
• CountryWatch, Look up information about countries. Requires off campus logon.
• CultureGrams, Look up information about world cultures. Requires off campus logon.
• GaleNet, Look up literary criticism, information about authors. Requires off campus logon.

Additional sources may be found on the Hartnell Library home page, http://www.hartnell.edu/library

Example of MLA formatted research paper, Illustrates lay out of finished paper.

Example of MLA formatted bibliography, Illustrates lay out of finished Works Cited page.

Example of APA formatted paper, Illustrates lay out of APA formatted paper, in-text citations, Reference List

Chicago/Turabian Style General Guidelines, Paper format, citation guides, footnotes/endnotes

Citation Guides, Links to information about MLA and APA citation formats and more.