This is a very helpful site. It should be able to answers many questons you have concerning what a research (Academic) paper is, and how to get to a finished product.
Welcome to the CAREER and LIFE SKILLS section. 
Out on a dinner with some colleagues, the subject of a young woman came up and her school of choice, and someone mentioned, "She should be proud, Wellesley is a good school.” Immediately perplexed, I asked why he was so sure that Wellesley was a good school. Avoiding the question, he shot back, “Well, what makes you think MIT is such a good school?”. You see, this person is a male from MIT, and apart from MIT-Wellesley coregistration, it is impossible for him to know personally about the quality of education or preparedness of Wellesley. In your school search, you'll hear similar statements all the time. People who could not possibly have any personal experience with a school will adamantly assert that a school is 'good'. They may not have a well formed idea of why they think so, but they will passionately defend the validity of their belief. When people state that when a school is “good”, they are usually not making a statement about the educational quality, but are making a different statement - in the same vein as one might make about a company. Sony makes good products. Adidas is a good company. People do not have experience with all of the products of Sony or Adidas, but instead are making a statement about their brands. “Sony is a good brand”. While not a statement about education, that statement may still be important. Companies and schools invest in their brand because it builds familiarity, recognition, and trust. It is the brand that makes people comfortable enough to use the products, attend the school, or hire the graduate. The brand mitigates the fear and risk of the unknown. And schools that continually invest in their brand are increasing the value of the student's diploma, even after graduation. But the brand may only present opportunities initially, when starting a career or changing jobs — it is the quality of education that helps you to make the most of those opportunities and build credibility of your own. StudentsReview takes the position that for a school to be good, both components (the reputation/brand AND the educational quality) must be fulfilled. The brand opens doors for you that otherwise might not be available, and educational quality teaches you how to step through them. The best education, the hidden gem, is the one that teaches you how to find and open doors yourself. For prospective students, the branding is plainly visible. It is up to you however, to do the due diligence and investigate the educational quality behind the brand for the institutions you might wish to attend.
The web has exploded with career advice and information for job seekers. While some sites offer truly useful information, others give advice slanted towards getting readers to sign up for expensive job search subscriptions or special courses.
But the best career advice websites offer unbiased career advice with honest and forthright appraisals of the job market. Blogs in particular can offer some great opportunities. The ability to comment upon and receive feedback from individual blogs opens doors to ongoing ideas, advice and information about your career. The best of these are gathered here.
Beyond Graduation
Located at www.beyondgraduation.wordpress.com, the Beyond Graduation Blog offers excellent career advice geared towards the modern world, presenting social media opportunities that can lead to great opportunities and advanced job prospects. The growth of social media and its relationship to employment and educational opportunities has proved to be an invaluable source of information and options for those seeking employment.
The Beyond Graduation Blog is a great portal to contemporary articles on employment, including suggestions for using social media to follow and initiate dialogue with potential employers, and to establish valuable networking contacts for seeking employment across a wide variety of career fields.
Career Advice
In this light, the Career Advice Blogs at www.careeradviceblogs.com is a great resource for job seekers or students interested in researching their options for academic studies and coursework. Whether you seek traditional or online degree, this website is a portal to a great many other career advice blogs and articles, and can provide interested parties with a wealth career advice, educational opportunities, and trends in hiring and employment prospects.
Chimby
Chimby.com is a little different. It serves as a career-advice search engine, linking to diverse articles dealing with many issues faced by the career-seeking public. Articles cover a wide range of careers, with articles particular to mothers, ex-members of the military and armed services, career advice and information for adults re-entering the workforce or interested in furthering their education.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Not to be overlooked is the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the United States Department of Labor. The Occupational Outlook Handbook provides incredibly detailed career information on every job in the United States, and includes typical educational requirements, salary information, and statistics on projected employment needs and job growth.
Anyone interested in career advice would benefit from a visit the Occupational Outlook Handbook at www.bls.gov/OCO for a wealth of information on a dazzling array of possible careers and employment opportunities.
Careers.Org
We’d be remiss to leave out Careers.org. The site offers a complete job guide and career planning tools in an easy to navigate format. The site covers jobs in the US, Canada and abroad, offering the widest range of job possibilities for its visitors. Its resource section also has a wide array of links to other helpful career blogs such as Monster and Brazen Careerist. If you can only choose one of these sites, this is the one to go with.
About Careers.org
Use Careers.Org to investigate more than 150,000 pages about online degrees and universities, jobs and occupations, and entrepreneurial opportunities from the #1 site for career resources in the United States, Canada and across the world. Find detailed information about hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States and abroad, along with in-depth profiles of thousands of related academic programs, occupations and industries.
EconEdLink is the leading source of online economic & personal finance lessons & resources for educators, students and afterschool providers.
The Green Career Information staff within the Employment Projections program produces career information on green jobs. The information available for occupations includes: wages, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, working conditions, and necessary education, training, and credentials. New articles will be added periodically.
For hundreds of different types of jobs—such as teacher, lawyer, and nurse—the Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you: In addition, the Handbook gives you job search tips, links to information about the job market in each State, and more. You can also view frequently asked questions about the Handbook.THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST SITES TO USE. "BLS" stands for Bureau of Labor & Statistics.
Do a WORK IMPORTANCE LOCATOR, INTEREST PROFILER, or enter your INTEREST CODES. Very interactive. Helps you find a career that fits your skills and interests.
Welcome to the Texas Work Prep Learning Management System (LMS), designed and hosted by the Texas Workforce Commission. This LMS is built to manage the delivery of job search content and resources and to facilitate “anytime, anywhere” access to learning more about getting, and keeping, the job of your choice. Texas Work Prep contains three on-line courses, each designed to communicate unique aspects of successful job hunting and excelling on the job. Our goal is help job seekers master an effective job search process, get each back to work quicker and communicate the attributes of work excellence expected by Texas employers. We encourage you to explore these on-line courses. The content is designed with you, and your successful job search, in mind.
