RESEARCH QUESTIONCREATING A VIABLE RESEARCH QUESTION

We are NOT writing a research paper

for this class however we are

doing the research for one.

• explore• refineTopic

• Gather evicence• Use different

databases• Organize

• Learn to use RefWorks

Research

• Annotated bibliography

• APA citation style

• Avoid plagiarism

Bibliography

From this point on you have the opportunity to take resources that you find for assignments and use them in your final project. This will be in the form of an annotated bibliography. More to come on that later in the semester

As we learn how to use more databases we want to have a topic and create a working thesis statement for our research.

As students we want to learn how to find authoritative

information (data) and use it to support a statement. This is

using data as a tool.

DATA AS A GOAL DATA AS A TOOL

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Using the data or information from our research to “make our case” or support our claim (support thesis statement. .

Collecting EVERYTHING we can find about a subject and reporting it.

Find a topicInvestigate

issues within; look at current

events

Ask yourself questions &

look for answers

Obtain a working

knowledge of the topic

Take a stand

Create statement: this will be

your working thesis

statement

So let’s get to work• View “Ask the Right Questions”

tutorial & video on p. 4 of tutorial• Watch video for using Opposing

Viewpoints in Context database