Research Guides and Links

Research Guides

General Research Guide

This general guide, created for all students, provides guidance for any research project:

I.B. Extended Essay Guide

This guide for is for I.B. Diploma students who are writing the extended essay. Please note that the schedule provided in the guide is for those seniors who are graduating in 2010.

Links to Help You Learn How to Research

These sites provide information about how to do research. If you are looking for good sites to help you search for information about particular topics, click one of the Research Links on the left of this page, consult the last page of the General Research Guide (links are at the top of this page), or go to the Resources page.

Brainstorming

This site offers many different ways to brainstorm.

Citing Your Sources

This site provides comprehensive guides for the major citation styles. The following sites may help you format your citations. Please note, using these online citation generators is not a guarantee that your citations are correct! Always check the formatting to ensure that your citations are done correctly.

Paraphrasing

Examples of paraphrasing are shown on the following webpages:

Writing a Thesis Statement

These sites show how to write a thesis statement or provide examples of good and bad thesis statements: