So I have my research paper topic

haha, I know... I know. That's why today I am stuck writing 1 paper, a speech, a written proposal for this topic, and a lab report *sigh*.....oops?

Also, there is a website that is GREAT at citations, but I forget the website. D'oh!

Erica (first off I keep being like wait... whos that... cuz ur Aviator changes lol) i like the flower prrdy

I like your paper topic! what class was this for??? Demoestic do you mean emotional and mental abuse then? or still physical? post some links :o)

Let me know how the paper turns out. Good Luck

erica1989

And if anyone has some good reading suggestions, throw them at me!

No pun intended? LOL.

That would be a hard topic for me to write. I'm such a softie. One idea is to see if you can visit local women's shelters to talk to abuse victims. 

haha, no, no pun was intended there!

My topic will be more physical abuse - since that stands up better in a court, and there is more written on it. I'm not sure how well emotional abuse would be related to physical animal abuse. The paper is for my comp 2 class (why we have to take TWO of those classes, I'll never understand....)

Janice - your suggestion about going to a battered woman shelter is great! But... I don't know how well that would work, how willing they would be to talk about it. I'd start crying - that's for sure! We have a program at the shelter I work at called Continued Care, where people in tough situations can "board" their dogs with us, and after 30 days, come back and get them. One dog we got in was a victim of abuse, had a huge gash on his side that the mom had taken to the e-vet to treat. She was on her way to a protective womans shelter. She also gave us her cat, which ended up being FIV positive. In the end, she couldn't come back for her dog, he's up for adoption now. I think this was the story that really sparked my interest in this topic.

WELL you can always PM me sometime since I've been through physical abuse twice in my life. After lots of therapy and group work I've gotten over it now so I'm open to talk if you ever need a first person opinion

cool! Thanks! I will keep you in mind!

There's a website....www.easybib.com....that makes it really easy to make bibliographies.  You just type the info it asks for and it formats it for you.  Then you just copy and paste into your paper. 

I use Citation Machine for my bibliographies, probably works just about the same - but I'll take a look at the other one too! thanks! =]

I feel your pain.  I have a research paper on child soldiers, a research paper on authoritative parenting, and a research project on Erickson's theories on Trust Vs. Mistrust all within a week each other.