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| Homework Starting Points |
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Q and A NJ
"We are a network of experienced New Jersey Librarians offering free live, interactive search assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week. Q and A NJ is administered by the South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative, a state tax-funded service of the
New Jersey Library Network...Because of the source of our funding, Q and A NJ is a service for New Jersey residents, New
Jersey students, and New Jersey-related questions, only."
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New Jersey State Library Cyberdesk
Research tools, including books in the NJ State Library's collection, New Jersey resources, government information, e-books, online databases, online full-text journals and more.
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Hangout - Help with Homework
Study tools and subject sites with homework help for New Jersey students at all grade levels.
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Homework Help
This excellent and comprehensive site was developed by HealthyNJ, a website on health and sickness from UMDNJ. This list has everything from-interactive Q&A sites, public library homework help sites, the Discovery Channel site, and topical sites, covering everything from history to science. A great place to start, in your quest for homework help!
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The World's Best Homework and Student, Teacher/Parent Web Resource
This excellent site from Kid Info provides resources in popular subjects. There's lots of good links to American history-particularly the Revolutionary War and Colonial Times. Other subjects include computers, geography, geology, health and much, much more.
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| Guides to Writing a Term Paper & Designing a Research Project |
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Raygor, Alton L. Procedure for Writing a Term Paper
A very useful and practical step-by-step guide to researching and writing a term paper.
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How to Write a Term Paper
A thorough and readable guide to researching and writing a term paper from choosing a topic, through citing research sources and revising the draft paper.
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Term Paper Research: Getting Started
Excellent and practical advise on selecting a good topic and on finding and selecting appropriate research resources. Applicable to students from junior high school through college.
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How to Write Term Papers from McGraw-Hill/Dushkin Online
A comprehensive and readable guide for researching, writing and presenting a finished term paper.
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Term Paper Guidelines - Simanek, Donald.
An excellent and unusual approach toward term paper writing and research that focuses on the student's ultimate goal to say something new about the selected topic. The author also stresses a readable style that will make the point clearly without awkwardness or pretension.
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So You Have to Do a Research Project? Don't Hit the Panic Button. This Page is Here to Help!
A clearly written and useful guide that also links to software and activity pages available on the web, to help students from elementary through high school to develop and present a research project.
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Style Guides
A comprehensive listing of guides for citing primary and secondary sources, from the Sussex County Library System in New Jersey.
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| English as a Second Language |
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Dave's ESL Café
"The Internet's meeting place for ESL- EFL Teachers and Students From Around the World."
The student section of this site includes a help center, help with pronunciation and idioms and student forums where ESL/EFL students can communicate with, and help, each other.
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| Citing a section of the NJDH Website |
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- Author (if known) Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial.
- Title (in quotes).
- Title of site (in italics or underlined).
- Publication information City, State: Publisher, date of copyright/publication, last updated month, day, year.
- Sponsoring Institution or Organization.
- Electronic address or URL.
- Accessed month, day, year.
Example:
Brennan, John. "The Jersey Shore: More than Just Words" New Jersey Digital Highway. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Libraries, c2003-2006, last updated September 7, 2006. NJDH Steering Committee. http://www.njdigitalhighway.org/jersey_shore_stud.php (accessed September 15, 2006)
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| Citing a Photograph in NJDH |
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- Photographer (if known) Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial.
- Photograph title (in quotes).
- Format. Photograph.
- If published, Publisher city: Publishing Company, copyright date (include c (circa) If no date, use n.d.
- From Collection Owner name, Collection name in italics (with dates, if available).
- Medium required to access resource (if needed).
- URL or digital address.
- Accessed month, day, year in parentheses.
Examples:
Rosskam, Edwin. "Roosevelt Market." Photograph. Washington, D.C.: Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information, Library of Congress Print and Photographs Division c1968. From Special Collections and University Archives, Borough of Roosevelt Collection. http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/Roosevelt.photograph.20 (accessed September 15, 2006)
"Picture of Dorothea's House." Photograph. c1948. From New Jersey Historical Society. http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/NJHS.Photograph.800 (accessed September 15, 2006)
"Old Newark Theater." Photograph. c1920. From Newark Public Library, Remembering Newark's Greeks: An American Odyssey. http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/NPLRNG.Photograph.3223 (accessed September 15, 2006)
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| Citing a Manuscript or Text in NJDH |
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- Author (if known) Last Name, First Name, Middle Initial.
- Title of document (in italics).
- Format (Letter, Manuscript, Document, Pamphlet...).
- Publisher City: Publisher, copyright date (if available).
- From Collection Owner name, Collection name in italics (with dates, if available).
- Medium required to access resource (if needed).
- URL or digital address.
- Accessed month, day, year in parentheses.
Examples:
Jersey Homesteads Protective Association. Preamble Written by Jersey Homestead Settlers. Manuscript. ca. 1936. from Special Collections and University Archives, Borough of Roosevelt Collection. http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/Roosevelt.Article.776 (accessed September 15, 2006)
Chaudhary, Ved. New Jersey Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project Interview with Mr. Ved Chaudhary, Indian-American. Transcript. c2002. From: New Jersey Division of Archives & Records Management, Multi-Ethnic Oral History Project. http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/szhis004.Article.1138 (accessed September 15, 2006)
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| More Guidance in Citing Resources |
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For guidance in citing resources, such as maps, books, etc., not currently provided on this page, please visit the following sources:
Library of Congress. The Learning Page. How to Cite Resources http://memory.loc.gov/learn/start/cite/index.html
Provides guidelines on following standard style formats (MLA, Chicago, etc) for different kinds of resources.
New Jersey State Library. Citation Style Sheets. http://www.njstatelib.org/Research_Guides/Web_Guides/Citation.php
The New Jersey State Library maintains a page of links to citation style guides.
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