Occupational Therapy Research Guide

Learn about avoiding plagiarism, mastering the art of paraphrasing, and more.

Explores plagiarism, paraphrasing, and citing sources. Includes a pre-test, graded quiz, and paraphrasing practice exercises.

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Learn how to go from a vague idea of what you'd like to research to a strong, specific topic. The health professions database, CINAHL, and the education database, ERIC via EBSCO, are used to provide examples of the process.

Learn how to research, structure and write a literature review paper that synthesizes the key theories and results in your field of study.

This resource from Purdue University, revised according to the 6th edition of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.

This LibGuide from Long Island University offers a comprehensive guide to common uses of the APA format.

Tutorials and learning resources directly from APA.

Digital Object Identifiers are now used for online journal articles and other resources. Use CrossRef to find the DOI for a specific article.

The International DOI Foundation will tell you more.