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Research Process

  2. Brainstorm on your topic.
  6. Search again and evaluate.
  7. the information for your paper.

Argumentative Essay Process

Thesis
Research Process Steps 1-2
Choose your topic and brainstorm.
Evidence
Research Process Steps 3-5
Create search statement, search and evaluate.
Refutation
Research Process Steps 3-5
Concluding Statement
Research Process Steps 6
Use your information.

Sample Exercises

Tips for Essay Models

Research Process

1. Choose your topic.

Criteria.

  • Interesting to you.
  • Meets requirements of the assignment
  • Neither too large or too small

Suggested Resources

2. Brainstorm on this topic.

  • Create a model for your topic.
  • Identify where you will need information or visuals.
conceptmap2 (68K)

Tools

  • Use .
  • Use
  • Use a concept mapper.
    • (source is Northwest Missouri State)

3. Create a search statement.

  • Use important words or phrases from the concept map.
  • Connect words and phrases with correct Boolean logic (and, or, not).
  • Put phrases in quotation marks "".
  • Use truncation * for work endings.
  • Use variant spellings (theater or theatre).
  • For people search both "Last name, first name" or "First name Last Name".

Tools

See .
  • UofM
  • Practice tutorials from Northwestern Missouri State Owens Library are listed below:
venndiagram (51K)

4. Search for Information



  • To find use a database.
  • For a list of or .


5. Evaluate results.

evaulate (5K)

Criteria

  • Timeliness
  • Relevance
  • Authority
  • Purpose

Useful Websites and Handout

6. Use your sources.

Is it plagiarism?

writing

Is it cited properly?

  • MLA Handbook (PN203 .G53 2016 Library Reserve)
  • Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker (On Reserve at the Library).
  • (Purdue Owl)
  • (乱伦大神-Valenica Campus Library)
  • (EasyBib)
  • from APA
  • from Sacramento State University Library
  • from the Purdue Owl
  • Purdue Writing Lab