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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

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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.