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Users are allowed to use, modify and redistribute Pixabay images freely - even in commercial applications. NOTE: There are ads to photos that require payment at the top and bottom of search results, you should look at the photos at the center of the screen.

"Public Work is a search engine for public domain content. Explore 100,000+ copyright-free images from The MET, New York Public Library, and other sources."

"...an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources." A guide to annotated bibliographies.

"...an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources." A guide to annotated bibliographies.

Very detailed in-depth coverage on how to use Chicago (Turabian) style in papers, starting from the Title Page and beyond.

What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at these sample papers from Purdue's Online Writing Lab.

What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at these sample papers from Purdue's Online Writing Lab.

From Purdue Online Writing Lab. Shortcuts to the contents are in the menu at the left, including iIn-text citation and works cited.

An open source mapping application.

This guide from Yale gives an overview of how to cite Chinese, Japanese and Korean sources in Chicago style.

This guide from Yale gives an overview of how to cite Chinese, Japanese and Korean sources.

Purchase is required for this software. This is a full suite APA style software that integrates with a word processor. In addition to citations, it also assists with title pages, margins, and running heads. 

SceneVR is an engaging way to tell stories from an entirely new perspective. It turns your collection of panoramic and VR-ready photos into a slideshow of navigable scenes, allowing you to create unique 360° narratives.

This site provides a searchable directory of publishers' copyright and self-archiving policies. These policies govern how you can share and post your article elsewhere after publication. Note that unless you publish with an open access journal or a journal with an open access option, access to your article may be restricted to patrons of academic libraries and those who subscribe to the journal.

Learn how to beef up your presentations, includes case studies from various global brands.

Examples of slide show presentations. Take a look at the most popular presentations to brainstorm ideas. Remember to credit if using information or graphics from a presentation.

Find richly designed presentation for inspiration.

Stock images, free to use, released under Creative Commons CC0 license (public domain).

High resolution free stock images.

Allows for the incorporation of maps and other visual aids into an online presentation.

Storyline is an open-source tool that enables anyone to build an annotated, interactive line chart.

Create your own word cloud to visualize word frequence.

A visual and colorful book that shows you how to create a PowerPoint presentation.

Explanatory texts, screenshots, and videos on how to use the various features (margins, indents/tabs, lists, tables, etc.) of Microsoft Word 2016. Also available: Word 2010 and Word 2013.

Teacher Reference Center provides indexing and abstracts for 280 of the most popular teacher and administrator journals and magazines to assist professional educators. Users not affiliated with UWest may use this link instead.

Short talks from people who are passionate about their subjects. Watch videos rated 'fascinating' to see how researchers present their topics in an engaging and informative way.

Enter text from any document or paper and the Text Analyzer finds related full text articles from JSTOR.

Non-UWest users may go to: http://www.jstor.org/analyze/

A robust converter that allows you to paste a bibliography (from Word or other text documents) and verify its conversion before generating a file that Zotero (and other reference managers) can import as individual entries.

Learning activities, syllabi, and other resources for teachers and students of all levels.

Not all journal have the policies, standards, and reputation to be an appropriate platform for your research. Use this guide to help you choose the right journal for your research.

TimelineCurator is able to automatically extract temporal references (dates) from free form text and place time into a visual timeline.

Use your web browser to create a quick timeline. This application can either accept manual timeline entries or automatically extract temporal (dates) from any segment of text.

Use Google sheets to create a timeline and add multimedia to the timeline.

RDA toolkit, August 20, 2015 (6.23.2.13.1 Parts of the Pali Canon. Record the title of a component division of the Pali canon (Abhidhammapiṭaka, Suttapiṭaka, Vinayapiṭaka) as a subdivision of the preferred title for the Tipiṭaka.)
BQ1300-1609 -- Use Tipiṭaka as Subject Headings
ex. Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Majjhimanikāya. Uparipaṇṇāsa. Selections. English.

RDA toolkit, August 20, 2015 (6.23.2.13.2 Parts of the Sanskrit Canon. Record the title of a component division of the Sanskrit canon (Abhidharmapiṭaka, Sūtrapiṭaka, Vinayapiṭaka) as a subdivision of the preferred title for the Tripiṭaka.)
BQ1610-2240 -- Use Tripiṭaka as Subject Headings
ex. Tripiṭaka. Sūtrapiṭaka. Samantabhadracaryāpraṇidhānarāja. English & Nepali.

Learn about the different types of plagiarism.

University of Wisconsin has a detailed guide how to to use APA style with a downloadable PDF.