Resources for Your Research Project

Relevant Web Pages

Diana Hacker's Home Page--Excellent source for basic information on doing research and citing sources. Indispensable source for all kinds of writing issues.

Bedford Researcher--A lot of information on doing research and research papers.

Writing about Literature (from Purdue University's Writing Center)

Other Sources

What is a close reading?

•  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/CloseReading.html
• http://theliterarylink.com/closereading.html
• http://www.cgu.edu/print/918.asp
• http://www.boisestate.edu/english/mnewman/english278cr2.html
• http://www.boisestate.edu/english/mnewman/english278cr1.html

 

Definitions of Genre

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literature#Forms_of_literature
• http://www.sevenoaks.wa.edu.au/linkpage/reading/read4.html
• http://campus.murraystate.edu/academic/faculty/kevin.binfield/genres_technique.htm

Sample Proposals

Sample Working Cited Page -- Use this basic format for your Working Bibliography, your Annotated Bibliography (you will, of course, need to add annotations), and your Works Cited page on your paper.

Sample Annotations for Annotated Bibliography