I. Academic Writing Guidelines, Hints, Tips, and Aids: Getting Started on a Topic and Developing to Completion. Bibliographic styles such as the APA Format and MLA Format

1. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Writer’s Workshop
Useful site that features a grammar handbook, business and technical writing resources, bibliographic styles such as APA Format  and MLA Format.

2. Academic Writing
(a) Academic Writing: Thesis and Purpose Statements, Quoting and Paraphrasing, Documentation; Reading Poetry, Using Literary Quotations, Play reviews; Research papers, Quoting and Paraphrasing, Writing Annotated Bibliographies; Reading for a Review, Critical Reviews, Writing a Review of Literature; Scientific Reports, and Sample Lab Report
(b) Grammar and Style: Twelve Common Errors, Proofreading; Dashes, Commas, Conjunctions, Semicolons, Subject-Verb Agreement; Concise Sentences, Transitions
(c) Peer reviews and responding to a draft: Before and While You read, Content of Critique, Tone of Critique
(d) Documentation Style: American Political Science Association, American Psychological Association, Chicago/Turabian, Council of Biology Editors, Modern Language Association, Numbered References
(e)Writing Application Essays and Letters: Application Essays and Personal Statements; Writing Cover Letters; Business Letter Format.

II. Hot Topics in the News and Topic Supersites 

1. University of Michigan's Documents in the News
Excellent resource of documents in the news. There are five separate archives, each for the years 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, and 1995. A selection of the topics for 1999 include: Affirmative Action, Elections for 1998, Impeachment process, Income Tax Forms, Independent Counsel Law Renewal, International Year of Older Persons, Iraqi Weapons Inspection and Operation Desert Fox, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, Jones v. Clinton, Monica Lewinski, Millennium, Patients’ Bill of Rights, Presidential elections 2000, Social Security reform, Starr report, Supreme Court 1998-99, Year 2000 Computer Problem.

III. Style Manuals, Citing Internet Resources, and Writing Resources 

1. American Medical Association (AMA) Style Guide
Examples for citing single author book, multiple author book, edited book, chapter from a book, article from a journal by one author or multiple authors, etc.

2. American Psychological Association (APA Style)
Examples using the American Psychological Association Style for books, articles from a journal or newspaper or magazine or encyclopedia, citing ERIC documents, citing electronic sources.

3. Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psych. Assoc
Site offers guidelines for electronic citations. Keep current 
with the latest information for citing all your electronic sources, 
including E-mail, web sites, electronic databases, etc. 

4. Bedford Handbook - Citation Styles for Online Sources in MLA, APA, Chicago and CBE Stypels

5. The Elements of Citation
This site by Columbia University, presents a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically accessed sources. The unique element approach used makes this a useful reference book citing electronic sources regardless of the specific bibliographic style you may be required to use.

6. William Paterson University Library's Guide for Citing Electronic Information   

7. Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications

8. APA & MLA Style compiled by librarians at Rochester Institute of Technology

IV. Evaluating Internet Sites

1. Alastair G. Smith's Evaluating of Information Resources

2. Alastair G. Smith on Criteria for Evaluating Internet Information Resources

3. Saint Louis University's The Anatomy of a WebPage
a. Evaluating a Web Pages for Relevance
b. Evaluating the Authority of a Website
c. Evaluating Websites for Accuracy

V. Finding Information on the Internet

1. U of C at Berkeley Library’sTutorial: Finding Information on the Internet: Tutorial
Excellent tutorial that presents an introduction to the Internet, the WWW, and Netscape, reviews terms and jargon, and that gives practical information for conducting a search using the Internet, including recommended search tools.

2. G. R. Notess' Search Engine Features Chart
Informative chart that summarizes the features of Web search engines.

3. Learn the Net
Good Internet introduction page that also has advice about creating a homepage. Provides text in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.

VI. Web-Based Bibliographic Instruction

1. Cal Poly State University Modules on Information Competence
Nine online tutorials providing guidance and practical exercises on Information Competence.
a. Define the Research Topic
b. Determine the Information Requirements for the Research Question
c. Locate and Retrieve Relevant Information
d. Use the Technological Tools For Accessing Information
e. Evaluate Information
f. Organize and Synthesize Information
g. Communicate Using a Variety of Information Technologies
h. Understand the Ethical, Legal, and Socio-Political Issues Surrounding Information and Information Technology
j. Use, Evaluate, and Treat Critically Information Received From the Mass Media

VII. Understanding Library Call Numbers

1. The Library of Congress Classification Schedule

2. Library of Congress Classification System by About.com

3. Library of Congress Classification Outline by Library of Congress