Click on the links below for helpful research tools:

• Research Style Manual
      --a comprehensive guide that takes students through all steps of the research process.
   

• Research Strategy Worksheet:
          Word document
          pdf file
   

• Research Journal:
          online form
          Word document
          pdf file
   

THE RESEARCH PROCESS:

• Cornell University Libraries - The Seven Steps of the Research Process  
  Another website you might want to visit is: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/tutorial.html
   

• Some helpful suggestions can also be found at: http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html
  Cole Junior High in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.  You probably will not be able to use the databases mentioned in this web page, refer to Uniondale High School's listing on the library's home page (http://uhs.uniondaleschools.org) and see a member of the Library Staff for Usernames and Passwords.
  
  Basic Steps in the Research Process
   

• SUNY at Albany - University Libraries - The Research Process
   

OUTLINING SKILLS - includes forms for you to use

• Outline form  - Uniondale Library Media Services website.
   

• Outline worksheet (Cambridge and Rindge Latin School in Cambridge, Massachusetts) -several good pages to guide you through the outline process.  They also have an "online" page where you can "fill-in-the-blanks" right at your computer! Click here!
   

• Creating an Outline  - you can also view a PowerPoint presentation showing you how to create your own outline. Click here!
   

• How to create an outline using MicroSoft Word.
   

• Creating an outline for an essay  - created by an English instructor at the Illinois Community College, Oglesby, Illinois.
   

• Preparing and using outlines

NOTE TAKING - SEE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES FOR ASSISTANCE:

• Notetaking Form
   

• Notetaking Links
   

• http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson322.shtml
   

• http://www.collegeboard.com/article/0,3868,2-8-0-955,00.html
   

• http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/notetaking.systems.html
   

LINKS TO CITATION SOURCES:

• Uniondale High School's Guide to Citing Sources 
   

• Standard Bibliographic Style Sheet  
   

• Easy Bib  http://www.easybib.com/
   

• Landmark's Citation Machine  http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php Citation Machine is an interactive Web tool designed to assist teachers and students in producing reference citations for crediting information from other people.
   

• A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml: Prepared by the Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks Jr. Library, Capitol Community College, Hartford, Connecticut
  

• A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association(MLA) Documentation  http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml  --  Prepared by the Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks Jr. Library CAPITAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE Hartford, Connecticut
   

• Documenting Your Sources: MLA Style http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/guide/sources.htm- Department of English -- The University of Calgary, Canada.
   

LINKS TO COPYRIGHT INFORMATION:

• The copyright website http://www.benedict.com/
   
• Stanford University's Copyright and Fair Use Site http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

LINKS TO EVALUATION TOOLS:

• Evaluating Web Resources: Checklist for an Informational Web Page www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm
   
• Uniondale High School's Evaluate Page http://uhslmc.org/evaluate.htm

TRY A VISUAL MAPPING TOOL TO HELP ORGANIZE AND VISUALIZE YOUR THOUGHTS:

• Graphic Organizers http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html
   
• Mind Mapping http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/mindmap/

SEARCH OUT BRILLIANT IDEAS FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN THERE!

• Thinking Like a Genius http://www.studygs.net/genius.htm
   
• Study Guides http://www.studygs.net/