English 1021/1022 Research Paper

One major difference between high school and college is the need to write well informed, and well researched papers.  Within those papers students are required to use references to support their papers' arguments and/or research. When using these references, students must properly cite their resources within the paper, and create a reference, or work cited page at the end of a document.  Common styles include MLA, APA, and Chicago style citation formats.  There are several books that discuss and demonstrate proper citation styles, as well as online resources to help with citations, and we hope to highlight a few on this page below. 

IMPORTANT: It may not seem important to new college students to properly cite resources in a paper, however, improper citation or the lack of citations can lead instructors to give you very low marks, and possibly wonder if you plagiarized someone else's hard work to create your paper!