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  Writing Research Papers

 

Welcome to the Research Paper Information Resource Center. In this center, you'll find information about drafting your research paper including prewriting, researching, writing, using and integrating sources in your paper, and revising. You can view a list with descriptions here.

 

Prewriting

 

Consider the Rhetorical Situation

 

Generate and Refine Ideas

 

Define the Purpose, Consider the Audience, and Develop the Thesis

Researching

 

Gather and Evaluate Information

 

Understand the Difference: Primary versus Secondary Sources

 

Understanding Periodicals: Scholarly versus Non-scholarly Sources 

 

Find and Evaluate Internet Sources

 

Writing

 

 

Draft Your Introduction

 

Draft Body Paragraphs: Topic Sentences

 

Draft Body Paragraphs: Transitioning

 

Draft Your Conclusion

 

Using and Integrating Sources in Your Paper

 

Avoid Plagiarism

 

Decide when to Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize

 

Learn to Paraphrase

 

Learn to Summarize

 

Practice Paraphrase/Summarize 

 

Signal Your Sources

 

Signal Your Commentary on Source Material

 

 

Revising

 

Global Revision

 

Paragraph and Sentence Strategy: Moving From Known (Old) Information to Unknown (New) Information

 

 

 
 

 

Related Academic Center Resources:

 

Documentation Style Center

 

Researching at UHV Workshop This workshop was designed for UHV students as an introduction to the process of conducting research for papers or projects. Within these pages you can learn about defining a research topic, designing a search strategy, locating and retrieving information, evaluating information, and using and citing information.

 

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