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Starting a research paper can appear to be a daunting task to many students, especially when you don’t know what to write about! Here are two databases that may help you pick topics that will interest you and, in turn, help you earn the grade you desire -- CQ Researcher and Credo Reference both offer considerable support to students in search of an excellent research topic.    “ Credo promotes knowledge building, problem solving and critical thinking to give people the information skills necessary for success throughout their academic, professional and personal lives.”  Credo Reference , found by under the   “C” tab in Databases A-Z , is not only an excellent database for basic informative searches but also for picking a research topic . Credo’s "Mind Map" and " Find Topic" Pages tabs are great tools to use when finding a topic is becoming a chore and a headache. By using the "Mind Map" tab students are able to connect concept...

It's very exciting to visit another country and there are several  such trips planned for May Term 2014. To make your experience more fulfilling, you might want to learn some basic phrases in the language of that country, or if you're already somewhat familiar with the language you might want to delve a little deeper or give yourself a refresher. That's where Mango Languages comes in.   Mango is an online language-learning system that can help you learn languages like Spanish, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Mandarin Chinese, Greek, Italian and more.  In fact, there are currently sixty-one different languages available for you to learn.  In addition to the languages you can also learn a little bit of the culture of the area you are traveling with pointers on etiquette embedded in your language lessons.  For the group traveling to Israel - Modern Hebrew is for you.  Shalom! Bokher tov! means Hello! Good morning. and you ...