Language and Composition: The Art of Voice (Muller and Whiting)

Chapter 4: Writing a Research Paper

Catalyst Skills Links

Catalyst 2.0 is a Web-based, collaborative, assisted writing environment designed to help you improve your academic writing and research skills. The links below will help you as you work through the assignments in this chapter.

Source Evaluation Tutor: CARS provides you with a checklist to evaluate source material you use in the research process. CARS stands for “Credibility, Accuracy, Reasonableness, Support.”

Using the Library will help you start your research at a local or college library and provides links to some library materials.

WorldCat® is the largest library network, and this link will help you explore that resource.

Works Cited Practice Exercises allow you to brush up on your works cited skills.

Sample Research Papers show different styles of documentation (MLA, APA, CMS, and CSE).

Google Scholar is a specialized search engine for scholarly literature. This guide will be helpful as you learn to collect material online using this tool.

Online Communication—Is all online communication appropriate for a research paper? Read this article to learn how to use different online sources.