From Research to Paper:

How to Write a Research Paper

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Agenda • What is Research?• Types of Research Papers

• Quick Overview -- Research Process• I’ve Got All These Resources: Now What?

• Evaluating Sources

• Developing Your Paper

SOURCE:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/2/

What it is… “a process of research, critical thinking, source evaluation, organization, and composition.”

Two major types of research papers.

•Argumentative research paper: It’s all about persuasion…

• Analytical research paper: It’s all about the question and the thinking involved in answering it…

SOURCE:http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/2/

Research ProcessOrganize Yourself

Developing a Topic & Researching It

Source Evaluation

Organize Your Sources

Compose/Revise Cycle

Citing Sources

Organize Yourself

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Developing a Topic & Researching It

• Step 1 – Clarify the Assignment• Step 2 – Develop Research Question/

Thesis• Step 3 - Identify Background Sources

& Keywords• Step 4 – Look at What You Found • Step 5 – Refine Your Question/Thesis

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Source Evaluation & Organization

• Step 1 – Annotate & Find “THE” Quote• Step 2 – Categorize• Step 3 – Outline/Mindmap• Step 4 – Plug-in the Resources

Compose

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