Global II: Holocaust Research: Using Sources

A debate of the question: Are Research Papers a Waste of Time? The article explains the value of research papers.

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue.

Self-paced guides that cover researching and writing college papers. Topics include: Using evidence, referencing and avoiding plagiarism. Thinking, reading or writing more analytically or critically.

This section helps students make effective use of primary sources. “Making Sense of Documents” provide strategies for analyzing online primary materials. Created by the American Social History Project / Center for Media and Learning (Graduate Center, CUNY) and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (George Mason University).

Guide on how to find, select, and analyze evidence to strengthen your writing.

Created by Harvard College Writing Program. The guide the Guide introduces you to the fundamentals of using sources in academic papers.

Handout by the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina

Reverse Outlining - A strategy to analyze the construction of your argument and your use of sources.

Effectively incorporating direct quotes and block quotes into your papers. Examining the differences between paraphrasing and summarizing a text. Created by the Library at University of South Florida.