Save hours on your next paper.

One assignment. Two students.
Greg uses Questia. You do not. Let's compare paper writing experiences.

 Your paper
Greg's paper, using Questia
Travel Brave rain, snow, and severe case of procrastination to get to the library. Walk across the room and type in "questia.com"
Time saved: 30 minutes
Look-up
resources		 Search the college library, but locate only 6 books. Scribble book info on scraps of paper. With one query, search every page in every book in the Questia library. Jackpot! Over 50 books on the specific topic!
Time saved: 15 minutes
Locate books Wander aimlessly through stacks only to discover that half the books you want are missing or checked out. Click on title to read any book in search results. No book is ever checked out.
Time saved: 1 hour
Skim books Waste time flipping through irrelevant pages. Realize these aren't the books you need anyway. Back to the card catalog. Click a book, go directly to the most relevant page of the most relevant book (located at the top of the list). Piece of cake.
Time saved: 1 hour
Xerox pages Wait in line at the copier (broken!)
Find another. Beg for change from friends.
Spend $15 on copies.		 Click Print. Print. Print. Take a break.
Time saved: 30 minutes
Check out books Strain back schlepping 10 books of questionable relevancy across campus... in the dark. Sip cool beverage while browsing a plethora of interesting books online.
Time saved: 30 minutes
Quote &
footnote		 Type the quote. Borrow citation manual
to figure out how to cite a book with 4 authors
and 2 translators, in its 3rd reprint.		 With the click of a button, copy passages and let Questia insert footnotes in the format your prof requested.
Time saved: 2 hours
Organize paper Wrack brain to remember which book had that great idea you want to use...where is that sticky note?! Open Workspace on Questia and - voila - all bookmarks and notes are instantly available and linked directly to books.
Time saved: 1 hour
Write paper Great thesis, but can't fully support the conclusion. Back to the library! Great last minute idea! Search. Read. Quote. Cite. Done.
Time saved: 45 minutes
Create
  Bibliography		 Pull hair out while digging through style manual for instructions on creating the bibliography. Click Create Bibliography.
Time saved: 1 hour
Return Books Lug heavy books back (half of which
you didn't use). Pay $10 in late fees.		 Return what?
Time saved: 30 minutes

Total time Greg saves using Questia: 9 hours

With the time he saves using Questia, Greg can watch his favorite TV show, play a game of hoops, have pizza with his buddies, and take your sweetheart to the movies.


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Questia cannot guarantee that it will save every student 9 hours, or any time for that matter, writing a research paper. This is intended to illustrate how Questia can save students significant amounts of time in many instances by eliminating steps in the traditional paperwriting process.


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