Report Writing

The links here provide information for organizing and documenting sources in reports and for working on teams. Other links that might be helpful in gathering information for reports can be found under Research.

Center for Collaborative Centers
http://www.workteams.unt.edu

This research center's purpose is to maximize individual, team, and organizational effectiveness through the design, development, and implementation of collaborative work systems. This site gives information on its research reports.

Citing Electronic Information
http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/cite.shtml

Citing Electronic Information is a listing of links to documenting a variety of electronic sources in APA, MLA, and Chicago format.

Concept Mapping Software
http://cmap.coginst.uwf.edu/info

This page explains the theory of concept mapping as well as giving information for constructing and using them.

crossref.org
http://www.crossref.org/05researchers

The specific CrossRef mission is to be the citation linking backbone for all scholarly information in electronic form. CrossRef is a collaborative reference linking service that functions as a sort of digital switchboard. It effects linkages through Digital Object Identifiers (DOI), which are tagged to article metadata supplied by the participating publishers. This page provides links to a demo and gallery of examples for researchers.

EasyBib
http://www.easybib.com

Easybib is a free, intuitive tool for creating bibliographies. It adheres to the 6th Edition of MLA Handbook for Writers and Researchers, and the 5th edition of the APA Publication Manual.

Evaluation of Information Sources
http://www2.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm

This annotated links list leads to sources designed to help one evaluate sources, particularly sources on the Internet.

Landmarks Citation Machine
http://landmark-project.com/citation_machine

Citation Machine is an interactive Web tool that provides entry forms, soliciting information for selected information resources. The tool then assembles the entered information in APA style bibliographic and parenthetical citations (5th Edition APA Publication Manual), and MLA (6th Edition MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers).

Lessons from Geese
http://members.aol.com/CuttyhunkRose/geese.html

This page presents an animated analogy on working together on teams.

Plagiarism
http://www.humboldt.edu/~tdd2/Plagiarism.htm

Humboldt State University's Tracy Duckart succinctly presents a description of what is plagiarism.

Reference Point Software
http://www.referencepointsoftware.com

An easy to use software tool for correctly formatting research papers using APA and MLA formats.

RefWorks
http://www.refworks.com

RefWorks is a subscription-based web service. It helps researchers collect reference material, organize it, and format it for inclusion in final reports. Some information can be directly imported from online databases while other can be added with the help of templates designed by type of reference.