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=Introduction= Welcome to Geisel Library's Information Literacy Page. This page will guide you through the research and writing process. Remember, you are writing a paper about something in which you are interested and to teach your reader something new (and learn something new yourself!) Please feel free to add information that you find useful!

http://ipl.org/div/aplus/internet.htm =Topic= Browse, browse, browse. Once you find a topic in which you are interested, start exploring. There is no wrong way to start this step. But, the less interested you are in your subject, the more difficult you may find researching and writing a paper. Find something that excites you and challenges you! Remember, it is beneficial to you to make your work fun!

Google Tips and Tricks - a great way to help you with ANY search - not just in the world of Google:

Research and Sources
Search Tips - Your browsing stage is over. Try to be as specific as possible with your topic.Example What kind of sources are out there? Follow this link for an explanation of sources __[]__

Hathaway Brown School Electronic Resources Hathaway Brown School Library Catalog - including ebrary and here is a handy link for citing sources you find there.

Organize
Create an **outline**. An outline is your skeleton, a place where you begin to organize your thoughts. You will create a few outlines as you write your You can use this worksheet from Gale Resources to help:

And don't forget to organize your online sources as well. You can do this through Noodletools (one of our databases) or through a bookmarking site like:

Note cards
You can create online note cards through:

[|bibcardex.pdf (application/pdf Object)]
So, Flashcard Machine is technically not help with note card writing, but it will help you organize thoughts. Just an alternative to NoodleBib.

APA in-text citations
MLA in-text citations Chicago foot or end notes

Citation Tools:
http://citationmachine.net/

Annotated Bibliography
[|How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography | olinuris.library.cornell.edu]

Evaluating Information Sources
Internet Detective http://www.vtstutorials.ac.uk/detective/goodbadugly.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/instruct/guides/evaluation.html http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/11605_12337.cfm

Author/Publisher Credentials

Your work is done - now put it all together.