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Module 6 - Activity 4

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Activity 4: Website Visit

The library at the University of California-Berkeley offers tips on the best ways to search for information, at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

This website presents a list of helpful search engines and explains the advantages of each: http://www.philb.com/whichengine.htm

The library at Cornell University provides guidelines for evaluating information sources at: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm

For information on APA citation, see: http://www.cws.uiuc.edu/workshop/writers/citation/apa/

For a discussion of plagiarism and advice on how to avoid it, see: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml#plagiarized

For a description of an annotated bibliography, see: http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/annotatebib.html

Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. sguy. (2007, February 15). Module 6 - Activity 4. Retrieved March 20, 2010, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/foundations-of-language-and-communications-after/a64.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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