From Research to Paper: How to Write a Research Paper Presented by The Northeast Center Office of Academic Support
Nov 29, 2014
From Research to Paper:
How to Write a Research Paper
Presented byThe Northeast Center
Office of Academic Support
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
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
Gather InformationOrganizeDraft Revise ProofGet FeedbackRe-proofHand in https://bitly.com/UsingResearchPurdue