Term Papers
Try to use both primary and secondary sources, and keep meticulous notes. You may need to go back and revisit something. Build your bibliography as you work. Include scholarly journals, magazines and newspaper articles in your work, not just books and web sources.

Primary sources
Include original, unevaluated information such as: diaries, first hand accounts, interviews, studies, statistics, and original research.

Secondary sources
Analyze, restate or interpret existing research or facts such as in popular books, magazines, biographies, reviews and criticism.

http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Scholarly search engine, chosen by university librarians.

Formatting your paper
MLA Formatting Guide From the OWL at Perdue.
APA Formatting Guide From the OWL at Perdue.

PDF files of scholarly papers available for downloading in MLA, APA and Chicago styles from the web site of Diana Hacker, author of “A Pocket Style Manual.”  Clear examples of how to annotate within the paper, and in the bibliography.

Automatic formatting tools for citations in MLA, APA, etc.
Grammar and punctuation from Jane Straus's Blue Book online.
Additional sources for grammar, style and usage can be found on the Women on Writing website.

Books
"Bedford Hanbook 6th Ed." by Diana Hacker
"Pocket Style Manual 3rd Ed." by Diana Hacker