RUSS1530: Russian Orientalism in the Visual, Literary and Performing Arts, 1760-1940

This guide contains information about citations in general and also about citation managers, including Zotero and EndNote.

Easy to use guide for looking up bibliography and footnote formats.

The full, searchable digital version of this resource.

A comprehensive resource to the Chicago Style from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab.

Guide from UNC Asheville that explains how to cite these materials using Chicago style.

A comprehensive resource to the MLA Style from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab.

British Universities Film & Video Council guidelines for the citation of moving image and sound.

From the Center for Social Media at American University.

Clear examples for MLA, Chicago, APA from Colgate University Visual Resources Library. Includes examples from various sources and different types of artworks plus architecture.

This guide from Kenyon College discusses guidelines for MLA, Chicago, and APA styles.

A guide from the Library of Congress, similar to the guide to MLA style listed above.

A thorough guide, from the Library of Congress. Includes info on how to cite articles and essays, cartoons and illustrations, films, government publications, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, oral histories, photos, and sound recordings.

Information on citation, citation management software, plagiarism, copyright, fair use, and creative commons

Perma.CC is a service maintained by the Harvard Law Library. Its purpose is to facilitate sustainable citation of web pages and web documents by archiving an image of a web page and/or web document in the case that one day the site URL is no longer accessible (i.e., link rot). Images are stored and assigned an indentifier and URL for citation in a footnote/references/works cited. Features include the ability to upload a CSV of URLs and the automatic creation of permanent links. Contact perma@brown.edu to request a Brown University Perma.CC account through the University Library, offering users the ability to create an unlimited amount of permanent links.

Maintained by the non-profit Internet Archive, users can enter a URL in bar labeled 'Save Page Now' (if website allows crawling).

Created by Brown Center for Computation & Visualization for the Brown community to ensure data privacy and security.

Includes information on different types of sources, genres, theories, terminology, and how to find material.

"provides a conceptual and methodological toolbox for analysing novels, poems, and all sorts of other texts as they circulate in oral, print, and digital form."

" What makes a good research topic in a literature class? What does your professor mean by 'peer-reviewed' sources? What should you do if you can't find enough material? This approachable guide walks students through the process of research in literary studies, providing them with tools for responding successfully to course assignments."

Contents: Conducting research in an electronic environment -- Using library catalogs -- Searching bibliographic databases -- Searching the Web -- Finding reviews -- Using contextual primary sources -- Finding supplementary information : other reference sources -- One-stop shopping -- Managing citations -- Guides to research in literature

This very helpful guide from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center discusses the art of crafting a thesis.

Use the University of Minnesota Libraries' Research Paper Navigator! Just enter the due date and subject of your paper, and this incredible resource will generate a timeline for your research, drafting and revising, as well as point you toward relevant sources and help you avoid accidental plagiarism.

Writing Center associates assist students with all stages of the writing process, from finding a topic through drafting, revising, and final editing.

This free tool helps improve word choice and writing style, and, optionally, help you to detect grammar mistakes and plagiarism. In addition, WordCounter shows you the top 10 keywords and keyword density of the article you're writing. This allows you to know which keywords you use how often and at what percentages. This can prevent you from over-using certain words or word combinations and check for best distribution of keywords in your writing.

Tackling gendered references in your writing can be challenging, especially since there isn’t (and may never be) a universally agreed upon set of concrete guidelines on which to base your decisions. This guide can help.

This guide discusses some of the basics of doing college level research, including tips for evaluating sources and a glossary of terms with examples. It also offers tutorials, a library orientation, and much more.