Organizing your research can help make the writing and citing process easier. Use tips from this page to guide you in this step.
There are many different types of academic and professional writing styles. The four guidebooks below represent some of the major ones. Use these guides to learn how professional researchers and writers prepare their manuscripts for publication or sharing.
Humanities |
Social Sciences | Humanities & Social Sciences | Some Sciences |
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MLA Handbook |
APA Manual |
Chicago Manual |
CSE Manual |
Although these resources are not official, they are still credible and very useful! If one of these websites doesn't answer your question, check out the official style guide or contact a librarian for help!
These helpful guided from UO Libraries provide information on various citation styles.
Citation chaining (or chasing) is the name for a process in which you use an information source to find other work that is cited within the first source (backwards chaining) or cites to the first source (forward chaining).
Below is a YouTube video on how citation chaining works in Google Scholar. Keep in mind that you should not have to pay for an article while you are a UO student. Contact your Subject Librarian for help locating materials. In this video, look for a "fluff word" that the researcher uses when searching.
First of all, congratulations on making it this far! You may still have some loose ends to tie up, and that is OK. Take a moment to think back through your research process. Did you learn any helpful tips along the way? Are there new strategies that you can use for future projects or papers?
Do you still need more information? You can go back to previous steps at any time to revisit your research question or look for more or different sources of information.
If you think you missed something, please feel free to reach out to a Subject Librarian:
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