Research writing

General resources

• Research Proposal - University of Illinois
• "Verbs for Referring to Sources" from the University of Toronto
• The Difference Between Statements of Purpose and Thesis Statements

Library basics

Tutorials, web tours and instructions on how to search AU Library sources for your research

• http://aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/screens/help_index.html
• http://libguides.athabascau.ca/booleansearching
• http://library.athabascau.ca/help/jportal/ejportal_viewlet_swf.html

Taking notes

• Taking Notes from Research Reading

Research process

• Distinguishing scholarly journals from other periodicals
• Researching Topics in Psychology
• The AU Library Guide to the Research Process
• AU Library's Political Science Research and Writing Guide
• AU Library Help Centre - Help with accessing and searching AU Library resources
• Purdue OWL: Writing a Research Paper