Saw this today and thought you all might find it interesting – and useful.
How to Graduate from College with a High GPA

Hello class!
You can use this post to comment on the reading about note taking, idea generation for research projects, and informative and surprising information.
You will get 3 handouts in class, but there are others that you should check out. They are:

Reading Process (PDF)
Annotating (PDF)
Mapping (PDF)
Capturing (PDF)
Peer Review Sheet – Informative Surprising (DOC)
Teacher Review Sheet – [...]

We are meeting at the library on Wednesday evening, so go there first.

We will be in room LI 207 (of the new library).

You need to bring a completed printout of the 5 questions available in the PDF for the Intermediate Research lessons. To get the PDF, do the following:

Go to the library home page.

Click on [...]

Here is a good site to help you eradicate sexist language from your writing: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=201

Just in case you get frustrated, head over to http://www.pmla.org/altsource.html for a good chuckle related to “alternative” source citations.
Another fun article related to plagiarism: http://www.newsweek.com/id/94543/page/1. This just goes to show you that plagiarism is not just something college teachers think about.

Thesis statements are sorely misunderstood by beginning writers, often exacerbated by well-meaning but inept high school English teachers.
And that is where this horrible Thesis Generator comes in
http://ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html
Remember, to be truly useful, a thesis must be based on a research question that is problematic and specific. Yes/No questions are much less interesting and result in much [...]

I’ve found a few interesting sources that talk about research. As usual, I’ve also linked to these on the Resources page.
Here they are, in no particular order:

Pew Study on Information-Finding Behavior – This blog talks about an interesting study on how and where people get information. You may be surprised by the results!
Beyond Wikipedia: 20 [...]

I’ve mentioned these tools in class, but I am finally putting links on here for everyone to use. You can also find these on the Resources page.
The first is Zotero, a Firefox extension for organizing, tracking, and annotating source.
Next is NoodleTools,  a site with a couple tools for APA style, and a nice guide to [...]

We’ve talked about annotating and note taking in the past.
Here is another site that gives even more information and suggestions.
Advice for Students: Taking Notes that Work

Whether you’re a high school junior or a college senior or a grad student or a mid-level professional or the Attorney General of the United States, the ability to take [...]