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As a Bethel University student, we have an abundance of outstanding resources to use throughout our journey. The Bethel Online Library alone can help you to find books, scholarly articles, in-text citations and proper APA formatted references. All of these can be found by using EBSCO or clicking the many easy to find links.

A couple of these I can give you my insight on would be: The Purdue Owl, which has given me an enormous amount of direction on nearly every issue. Most importantly to me is the text it is easy to read and understand. Then, Smarthinking where you can not only get 24/7 tutoring but also submit your paper to the essay center, they will show you the errors and offer helpful suggestions. There are many more significant

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