Part 2 of Writing for the Web Need help with research? Citations? Has MLA and APA got you down? Afraid of plagiarism? Check out the guide for tips, websites, and research tools! Presentation made via PowerPoint.

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2. Why Practice Good
Research Skills?
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3. Scholarly sources aren't meant to be easy
to read or understand. They are often first-
hand sources, or come from people and
organizations that deal specifically with
your topic of interest (“How to Search the
Web”).
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4. Reasons Not to Cite from Wikipedia
1. You should not believe everything written in the source because Wikipedia
lets anyone publish and edit its articles. Also, you do not know who wrote it
because most editors do not use their real name.
2. People who edit a Wikipedia article may “vandalize” it, or write false
information about the topic you have searched for. Also, editors can silence
contributors who post accurate information.
3. For a website that covers thousands of articles from every scope of the
globe, most of its editors hail from Europe and North America, and “87 percent
of Wikipedia editors are male” (Moran, 2011).
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5. Stuck on the
Nuances of MLA
and APA style?
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6. Purdue Owl – Designed to help
students and other writers. The
website provides literacy
guides, such as handouts and
slideshows.
You will be able to cite and
evaluate sources, how to
paraphrase, how to avoid
plagiarism, and how to conduct
research.
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Citation Machine – Helps
students and other writers
properly cite their sources for
their References/Works Cited
page.
You can choose to let the
website automatically cite your
sources or you may cite them
manually.

8. Cite This for Me – An online tool with a look similar to
Microsoft Word (see above). Cite This for Me helps you create
your bibliography “in under five minutes.” You can also
install browser plug-ins and search for “Topic Ideas.”
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 Screenshot taken
from “Topic Ideas.”

9. Zotero – This website “is a free, easy-to-use tool
to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your
research sources.” Download it as a browser
plug-in or a stand-alone program on your
desktop.
• Sync – Upgrading to a new computer?
Your sources will remain in your
library in Zotero!
• Collect –Store all of your PDFs, images,
audio, video files, and snapshots of
web pages in one location.
• Group – Zotero lets you share your
sources with other members, making
collaborations projects easy!
Supports:
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10. Free Places to Find Academic Sources
Project Gutenberg - the oldest producer of ebooks (also offered in
HTML) on the Internet. It provides access to thousands of classical
books and authors.
Internet Public Library - Contains a variety of websites. You can
access Subject Collections, Ready Reference, magazines and
newspapers.
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11. Free Places to Find Academic Sources
Google Scholar – Owned by Google, the website serves a
database, providing access to thousands of academic sources,
PDFs, and news articles. You can also store your research into a
library, found on the Google homepage (with you logged into your
account).
NYPL Digital Gallery - Provides access to digital collections of
primary sources and printed sources, including books, photographs,
manuscripts, and maps.
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12. Basics of Professional Memos
Grinnell and Hill (2012) define a memo as “a brief
informative document formatted in a particular way that
makes the communication audience and purpose
immediately recognizable” (Grinnell and Hill, 2012).
They advise you to use a memo when “introducing a topic
for consideration, summarizing some data, or giving a brief
overview of a situation or topic” (Grinnell and Hill, 2012).
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13. Basics of Professional Memos
When writing a memo, you should keep a few, simple tips in mind:
Check for stylistic requirements with your job. Does the company
that you work for have a standard form when it comes to writing
memos? If so, is it downloadable?
Make sure that the body of the text is written in clear, concise and
grammatically right language.
Do not use long and overly wordy sentences. Keep it simple.
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14. Researchers use memos to record notes, ranging from ideas, concepts, and
their connections to one another… Researchers should have at least one idea
in their memo. The memo should have accurate dates and references, too
(Groenewald, 2008).
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15. “There’s a need for short writings (500-1000
words) on specific topics.”
“You should choose the categories that
make sense for your study. Note that these
might correspond to the chapters, or
sections, that you want to write.
Or, they could reflect aspects of the study,
such as particular sites” (Bruce, n.d.)
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16. Plagiarism Tools
Grammarly – Finds and corrects mistakes 10x faster than your
word processor. Come here to check for plagiarism, grammar, and
citations errors.
Dupli Checker – When you upload your paper, the website will
automatically scan your paper for errors.
Paper Rater – Checks for grammar, detects plagiarism, and offers
suggestions for your paper.
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17. Research and Grammar in a Nutshell

18. • "How to Search the Web" (n.d.) [Class handout]. Retrieved May 1, 2015, from
http://moodle.ulm.edu/mod/url/view.php?id=1231137
• Beaudin, Prof. (2010, Aug. 18). Writing a basic memo [Class handout]. Retrieved May 1, 2015, from
http://moodle.ulm.edu/course/view.php?id=51847
• Bruce, B.C. (n.d.). Research memos. Retrieved May 1, 2015, from http://chipbruce.net/teaching/graduate-
student-survival/doing-research/research-memos/
• Groenewald, T. (2008). Memos and memoing. Retrieved May 1, 2015, from
http://srmo.sagepub.com/view/sage-encyc-qualitative-research-methods/n260.xml
• Hill, S., & Grinnell, C. (2012). Technical communication: A civic approach. Southlake, TX: Fountainhead Press.
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• Lousywritervideos (2009, Aug. 24). APA citations: How to cite sources inside APA style text [Class handout].
Retrieved May 1, 2015, from http://moodle.ulm.edu/course/view.php?id=51847

19. • Moran, M.E. (2011, Oct. 27). The top 10 reasons students cannot cite or rely on Wikipedia [Class handout].
Retrieved May 1, 2015, from http://moodle.ulm.edu/mod/url/view.php?id=1231138
• Tips for Writing Memorandums. (n.d.). Retrieved May 2nd, 2015, from
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules-and-tips/tips-for-writing-memorandums.html

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