_Research Tools


OWL Writing Process: Citing your sources and trying to remember just how that all works again? This is a great online tool that gives the basics of how to write papers and how to cite your sources properly.  It has information on both MLA style and APA style.

Citation Maker: This quick and easy site lets you drop in ISBN number of a book and it gives  you a citation in either MLA or APA style. Looking for the ISBN? Try the back cover or the title page!

Webspiration: This is the web version of Inspiration, which you should have on your school computer. Use this tool to collaboratively work on a project from school or home.

Lingro: Are you doing research for your modern language class? Would reading athe local newspaper in France help you? Try this great foreign language translator! Enter the URL and it will convert the web page into click-able words that gives you the definition of that word.

RESEARCH PAPER CHECK LIST  FROM QUESTIA
:  The research database Questia offers 7 pointers on what college professors are looking for when they grade research papers. The 7 pointers are very similar to what the IB examiner will be looking for as well.
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