Academic excellence and integrity begins with you and applies to every student, staff person, administrator and faculty member at McKendree. This webpage represents a few of the best campus and online resources available to help you understand the basics from ethically using information to citing resources correctly to writing a thesis.
Help for Students
Avoiding Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism Purdue University
Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognize and Avoid it Indiana University
Plagiarism.org University of California, Berkeley
Citing Sources
Citation Style Anatomy for Research Papers Long Island University
Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism Duke University Libraries
Controlling Vocabulary
Controlled Vocabulary McKendree University
Essay Writing
General Writing Concerns: Planning / Writing / Revising Purdue University
Evaluating Resources
Evaluating Resources McKendree University
Outlining
Outlines Make Research Papers Stronger McKendree University
Scholarly, Popular & Trade Publications
Literature of the Field McKendree University
Thesis Writing
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Title
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Author
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Call Number
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ACS style guide : a manual for authors & editors, 2nd.
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Janet S. Dodd (editor)
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REF. QD8.5 .A25 1997
(reserve desk)
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How to write a BA thesis
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Charles Lipson
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LB2369 .L54 2005
(reserve desk)
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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers,
6th ed.
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Joseph Gibaldi
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LB2369.G53 2003
(reserve desk)
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A short guide to writing about biology, 4th ed.
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Jan A. Pechenik
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QH304.P432007
(reserve desk)
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Stylebook and briefing on media law, 41st ed.
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Norm Goldstein (editor)
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REF. PN4783 .A83 2006
(reserve desk)
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10 steps in writing the research paper
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Roberta H. Markman,
Peter T. Markman &
Marie L. Waddell
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PE1478 .M3 2001
(2nd Floor stacks)
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Writing for social scientists : how to start and finish your thesis, book, or article
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Howard S. Becker
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H91 .B4
(2nd Floor stacks)
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Writing with style: APA style made easy, 3rd ed.
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Lenore T. Szuchman
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BF76.8 .S977 2005
(2nd Floor stacks)
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Writing a Research Paper
How to Write a Research Paper eHow
Writing Research Papers McKendree University
Writing Research Papers: a Step-by-Step Procedure Purdue University
Help for Faculty
McKendree University Handbook: Academic Integrity Statement
Plagiarism.com Gatt Plagiarism Services
Plagiarism.org University of California, Berkeley