The Four Stages of Research

The Four Stages of Research - a step by step guide for preparing, accessing, processing, and transferring learning in your research as set out by the Ontario School Librarians' Association for the Ministry of Education.

Bibliographies, Research and Writing
The following style and research guides present a good variety of what is available. Browse them to find the one that works for you.

	A Brief Citation Guide For Print and Electronic Sources is simple, easy to use
	A Research Guide for Students by Irene Lee, Teacher-Librarian, St. Francis Xavier S.S. Mississauga is an excellent resource for all aspects of writing research papers! (Excellent!)
	APA Style Guide Online
	Bibliographic Entry Form to help you record the needed data for your bibliography. Caution: Check first with your teacher before using this form.
	Canandaigua Academy Virtual Library Research Manual covers starting the research process, special issues (plagiarism and evaluating sources), and a style guide based on the MLA rules of documentation. All in all, an excellent piece of work.
	Paradigm Online Writing Assistant is a classic.
	American Psychological Association Recommended Reference Formats
	Tips for Citing Internet Sources from Carleton University Library

	Reference Desk: an amazing compilation of reference resources from magazines, newspapers, and headlines to dictionaries, encyclopedia, and translators, including listings under subject headings
	Bartleby.com  The one stop for reference material online. This site has more than 25 difference reference books online including dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopaedias. All are searchable.

	Mirriam - Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
	One Look Dictionary searches all online dictionaries for words and phrases
	Dictionary.com is a popular dictionary

	The Canadian Encyclopedia Online
	Encyclopedia Britannica is both an encyclopedia and a portal (for other portals see the general directories page)
	Encarta Concise Encyclopedia
	Encyclopedia Smithsonian
	Free Internet Encyclopedia
	FunkandWagnalls.com
	Encyclopedia.com from Electric Library

Information Literacy Page has a section on web site evaluation.

How to Use the World Wide Web

	Internet Information - Kathy Schrock - about the Internet, HTML, graphics, and how to find information
	WWWScribe is aimed at lawyers, but it has a great deal of useful material on searching, e-mail and web design
	Glossary of Internet Terms
	Internet Traffic Report updates reports every 15 on the speed of Internet traffic around the globe