This first semester we will do a number of projects that involve writing. One aspect of writing is to give appropriate and due credit to your sources of information. There are a number of good writing guides available in book form describing how to appropriately cite your information sources. There are also a number of readily available sites on the internet that will prove quite useful. Below are a few of these sites.
Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet. by Andrew Harnack and Gene Kleppinger at Eastern Kentucky University, 1996
The Columbia Guide to Online Style. APA Style Citations of Electronic Sources. Produced by Janice Walker and located at the University of South Florida.
Citing Electronic Sources. This site is provided by the College of Saint Benedict and St. John's University, 1998. Links you to a number of various on-line guides.
Electronic Sources: MLA Style of Citation. This site was constructed by Xia Li and Nancy Crane at the University of Vermont, 1996.
Electronic Sources: APA Style of Citation. Provided by Nancy Crane at the University of Vermont.
Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information. Also provided by Nancy Crane at the University of Vermont.
Documenting Electronic Sources. Produced by the Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab.
MLA Style. Cited as being the only Modern Language Association authorized guide to documentation style on the Internet.
Writer's Handbook. Documentation Styles: APA Documentation Style. Provided by the University of Wisconsin Writing Center.
Psychology With Style. From the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. A full guide to writing research reports.
Bibliographic Styles--A Brief Comparative Guide. From the Library of the University of North Florida
The English Pages. A commercial site produced by the Longman Publishing Company.
The Center for Critical Thinking has established some very useful links for consideration of critical thinking skills. Of particular interest are the following: Our Concept of Critical Thinking, Tactics that Encourage Active Learning, The Strategy List: 35 Dimensions of Critical Thinking.