There are few times of the year more chaotic to college researchers than the month of December: finals preparations and holiday plans swirl around like a stress-themed snow globe. And through it all is the constant anxiety of knowing that several papers will have to be due before you can walk out the door into that sweet, crisp mid-winter freedom. If only there were some way to explore topics for your papers in a way that easily connected you to authoritative resources, images, full-length books, etc...

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November is National Novel Writing Month, a 30-day sprint where aspiring writers hustle to knock out 50,000 words. To understand NaNoWriMo's popularity, you must first recognize one of the hardest things about writing a novel: starting. The idea is that by confining the project to a definite starting and ending point, and tying in a sense of camaraderie and accomplishment, the task is easier to begin. Once December hits, writers embark into the long dark winter knowing that at least they have their 50,000 word rough draft, and they can begin the task of editing, a quantitatively easier task once there is something to edit.

So much of the American identity is wrapped up in the story of the Pilgrims' struggles 400 years ago, and yet misconceptions, myths, and misunderstandings abound. The celebration of Thanksgiving this month is the perfect time to revisit what we think we know about these early colonists. We've compiled a list of great pilgrim-related Topic Pages to help you sort through the myth versus the history.

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Just Because the Royals are Good Late in the Game Doesn't Mean You Have To Wait Until the Last Minute to Start Your Paper

The only thing people love more than fun costumes on Halloween is trivia about said costumes' inspirations. By learning more about what you're going as you're not only enriching your mind, you're arming yourself with vital ice-breakers, chit-chat and banter-fuel that will definitely make you the life of the party.

Tolkien once wrote, "It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish," and although the character he attributes that phrase to, Sam's old Gaffer, was probably talking about landscaping, he might as well have been describing one of the key pitfalls in writing a research paper. You can't finish what you don't start, and if you haven't finished that paper, you're probably feeling moderate-to-severe anxiety, which is quite frankly a less appealing state to be in than, say, the categorical bliss one experiences after making the final edits to a well-written paper. So what's holding you back?

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