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Research Paper Checklist

Research Paper Checklist

Nicole Nichols-West

Channel: Nicole Nichols-WestPublished on Jan 2, 2012

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Choose a Topic
- Pick a topic which interests and challenges you.
- Focus on a limited aspect.
- Obtain teacher approval for your topic.
- Re-read your assignment sheet carefully to be certain you know what is expected.
- Select a subject you can manage.
- Avoid subjects that are too technical, learned, or specialized.
- Avoid topics that have only a very narrow range of source materials.
Find Information
- Use search engines and other search tools as a starting point.
- Pay attention to domain name extensions (if it ends with edu or org)
- Be selective of com (commercial) sites.
- Be wary of personal home pages - their quality vary greatly.
- Check out public and university libraries, businesses, government agencies.
- Contact knowledgeable people in your community.
- Write down full bibliographical information.
Your Thesis
- Write your thesis statement down in one sentence.
- Find arguments to support and defend this belief.
Outline
- Think through your topic carefully and organize it logically
- Include in your outline an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.
- Make the first outline tentative.
- In the introdutions, state your thesis and the purpose of your research.
- State how you plan to approach your topic.
- Explain briefly the major points you plan to cover.
- In the body, present your arguments to support your thesis statement.
- In the conclusion, restate or reword your thesis and summarize your arguments.
Draft
- Thesis statement is concise and clear.
- Arguments are presented in a logical sequence.
- All sources are properly cited.
- Your intentions and points are clear in the essay.
- Read your paper for grammatical errors.
- Correct all errors that you can spot.
- Get someone else to read it over.

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Nicole Nichols-West

Channel: Nicole Nichols-WestPublished on Jan 2, 2012

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