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This is a report written by Douglas Baker, Nicole Buoni, Michael Fee, and Caroline Vitale... It ahs lots of secondary sources I can use to look up more information on the social networking impact on employees and business.

The online library is a great source for people who don't have time or just couldn't make it to the library to get basic infromation on there topic. I find it easier to look for a book online and then bring in the information to the library to see if they have it or not.

This is an article about the evolution of the american evironmental movement. It specifically addresses the tactics that environmental group use to accomplish their goals.

Boasts over 500,000 researchers, academics who post material. This builds on collective intelligence (CI) principles of research. I'd like to see a demo and gain limited access without signing up (yet).

Another great resource for academic research.

A credible source to fact-check statements made that the media covers. Good research source.

Evaluating resources should be an increasing focus in this course. Try this as a gateway to evaluating your resources.

A guide for incorporating quotes into sentences, in-text and parenthetical citations included. When considering incorporating quotes, consider if paraphrasing or quoting adds most to your sentence, paragraph, etc. When selecting a quote, consider the "10-word rule," to get to the most valuable information from the quote (anyone can cut-and-past paragraphs), decrease in conventions errors (less unnecessary words = less opportunity for errors), and fluency. Once you've incorporated a quote into your sentence, try reading the sentence out loud, same sentence, without the quotation marks. If it's unreadable, revise how you've placed the quote in your sentence.

For nearly any writing issue you're struggling with or want to improve, the OWL is a valuable resource. Search the site by what specific writing area you want to focus on and explore.