how to research a paper or project
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How to Research a Paper or Project. The research process follows a step by step pattern. Plan the project Select and refine your topic Find sources/locations Evaluate your sources Organize your findings Present your findings. “Getting Started” skills. Plan the project - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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How to Research a
Paper or Project
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The research process follows a step by step
pattern
1. Plan the project
2. Select and refine your topic
3. Find sources/locationsa) Evaluate your sources
4. Organize your findings
5. Present your findings
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“Getting Started” skills
1. Plan the project
2. Select and refine your topic
3. Find sources/locations
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Time ManagementTime Management
Planning5%
Topic Selection5%
Topic focus15%
Gathering information
30%
Organizing your information
5%
Writing & revising40%
http:core.lib.purdue.edu/plan4.htm
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Understanding Your Understanding Your AssignmentAssignment
Format of the project (research paper, oral presentation, design . . .)
Length Audience Assessment criteria Citation style (APA, MLA . . .)
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Coming up with a topic
Your interests Talk to instructor and classmates about your
topic Pose your topic as a question to be answered
or a problem to be solved • Brainstorm ideas for a topic• Come up with keywords• Consider using broader & narrower terms
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Search Strategy 101
Play with your topic Sub-divisions of your topic? Ideas to cluster? Questions to answer? Problems to solve? Creative stuff to include?
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Search StrategySearch Strategy
Penn State University Libraries. (2005). Retrieved August 22, 2005, from http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/infolit/andyou/mod1/idea3.htm
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Looking for InformationLooking for Information
Check the library for: Books, magazines, a/v chosen especially f
or you Websites Databases Other libraries Human expertise
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Looking for InformationLooking for Information
Check the world wide web for:The Invisible Web (beyond google)Online databasesCurrent information (online newspapers,
articles, studies. . .)The Library’s Best of the Web pages
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Going Beyond GoogleGoing Beyond Google
Holland College Library has licensed several databases that provide access to full text articles and current information:
•CINAHLPlus with Full-text•Pubmed•MedlinePlus•Academic Search Elite•ScienceDirect Health & Life Sciences •Cochrane Library
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Use subject-based dictionaries for definitions of
concepts and terms within the context of a specialized
field.
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Use statistics to substantiate your position, and to support your claims.
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Use subject-based encyclopedias to provide
overviews before you search for specific journal
articles.
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Use periodicals and journals for articles on current issues or
past research, literature reviews, and professional practices and
developments.
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Use newspaper articles for current perspectives on
issues.
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Use government publications for information produced by
the Canadian government and government agencies.
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Taking NotesTaking Notes
Avoid plagiarismRead the information, think, then put what
you’ve read in your own wordsAvoid cutting and pastingIdentify direct quotesDocument your sources as you take notes
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Create descriptive headings / subtopics
Use index cards or paper that can easily be reorganized
Keep the notes shortAdd personal
comments
Taking NotesTaking Notes
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/notes.shtml
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Begin WritingBegin Writing
defined your topic kept your research focused read critically absorbed the useful information
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Cite Sources Appropriately
Use the APA style of citing sources in the text.
Use the APA style of listing sources at the end of your paper
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Why Use APA Format? Allows readers to
cross-reference your sources easily
Provides consistent format within a discipline
Gives you credibility as a writer
Protects yourself from plagiarism
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APA Reference Style: Three Main APA Reference Style: Three Main ConcernsConcerns
Parenthetical Citations
In-Text Citations Reference Page
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When Should You Use Parenthetical When Should You Use Parenthetical Citations?Citations?
When summarizing facts and ideas from a sourceSummarizing means to take ideas from
a large passage of another source and condense them, using your own words
When paraphrasing a sourceParaphrasing means to use the ideas
from another source but change the phrasing into your own words
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When Should You Use Parenthetical When Should You Use Parenthetical Citations?Citations?
When quoting any words that are not your ownQuoting means to repeat
another source word for word, using quotation marks
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Reference ListReference List
A list of every source that you make reference to in your essay.
Provides the information necessary for a reader to locate and retrieve any sources cited in your essay.
Each retrievable source cited in the essay must appear on the reference page, and vice versa.
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ReferencesReferences
Anderson, D. (2001, August 3). Statement by Environment Minister David Anderson on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Retrieved July 24, 2004, from http://www.ec.gc.ca/Press/2001/010803_s_e.htm
Blicq, R. (2001). Guidelines for report writing. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M. (1995). The craft of research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Harris, R. (2001). The plagiarism handbook. Los Angeles: Pyrczak.
Health Canada. (2004). West Nile virus. Retrieved July 19, 2004, from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/westnile/index.html
Jollimore, M. (2004, June 21). Fuel’s gold: Why Canada’s athletes pay so much attention to what they eat. Time, 163(25), 52-61.
Reitman, J. (2004). The Baghdad follies. Rolling Stone, 952/953, 110-117.
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ReferencesReferences
Anderson, D. (2001, August 3). Statement by Environment Minister David Anderson on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Retrieved July 24, 2004, from http://www.ec.gc.ca/Press/2001/010803_s_e.htm
Blicq, R. (2001). Guidelines for report writing. Toronto: Pearson Education Canada.
Booth, W. C., Colomb, G. G., & Williams, J. M. (1995). The craft of research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Harris, R. (2001). The plagiarism handbook. Los Angeles: Pyrczak.
Health Canada. (2004). West Nile virus. Retrieved July 19, 2004, from http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/westnile/index.html
Jollimore, M. (2004, June 21). Fuel’s gold: Why Canada’s athletes pay so much attention to what they eat. Time, 163(25), 52-61.
Reitman, J. (2004). The Baghdad follies. Rolling Stone, 952/953, 110-117.
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BookShay, J. (1994). Achilles in Vietnam:
Combat trauma and the undoing of character. New York: Touchstone.
Article in a MagazineKlein, J. (1998, October 5). Dizzy days.
The New Yorker, 40-45.
References: Some ExamplesReferences: Some Examples
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Web pagePoland, D. (1998, October 26). The hot button. Roughcut. Retrieved October 28, 1998 from http://www.roughcut.com
Online Database
Edwards, C., & Crockett, R. (2007, April 16). New Music Phones—Without the i. Business Week, Retrieved August 10, 2007, from Academic Search Elite database.
References: Some ExamplesReferences: Some Examples
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A newspaper articleTommasini, A. (1998, October 27). Master
teachers whose artistry glows in private. New York Times, p. B2.
A source with no known authorCigarette sales fall 30% as California tax
rises. (1999, September 14). New York Times, p. A17.
References: Some ExamplesReferences: Some Examples
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Where Do I Find APA Format?
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed.
www.apastyle.org Composition textbooks Landmark Citations
http://citationmachine.net/
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