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Steps to writing a Research Paper
http://www.riosalado.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/study/research.shtml
This site offers a comprehensive plan for writing a research paper. There is also a check sheet to personalize and add specific due dates.

Writing Research Papers
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html
Purdue University offers extensive handouts and research links. Once students are in the "Index," they can scroll down to the section entitled "Writing Research Papers." This section offers step-by-step guides for writing the entire paper, help for creating outlines, and instruction on paraphrasing, quoting and summarizing. Students in English 102 at Rio Salado College might find this information helpful.

Online Writing Resources
http://www.siu.edu/~write/resources.html
Contains many writing topics including links to numerous online writing resources. Especially helpful are the handouts entitled "Writing a Research Paper" and "Using MLA Documentation." This site is easily navigated, and there are links to other sites available.

How to Organize a Research Paper and Document It with MLA Citations
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4184/
This is a very comprehensive site geared towards the freshman composition student. There are plenty of examples and additional links for writing a research paper.

A Guide for Writing Research Papers
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
Broken into two parts, this site offers assistance in not only the writing of a research paper, but also works cited and MLA information.

LEO: Literacy education Online
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html
This site contains links to a number of helpful topics such as business writing, grammar, punctuation, research papers, sentence structure, and more.

English Works! Writing: Research Papers, Citation, and Reference Formats.
There are many links in this cite to help students with the research process, documentation, and reference materials.