The Research Paper

Introduction | Idea | Overview |  Refinement | Evaluation | Group Project 
Thesis  |  Citing  | Persuasion Essay
 Literature Review Essay |   Process Essay 

INTRODUCTION

This tutorial will guide you through the process of preparing to write your research paper. It is divided into 10 parts. You are expected to work through each part of the tutorial, and at the end of each section, you will complete an assignment to be submitted to your teacher by the date specified in the syllabus. You can enter the tutorial at the opening screen for each section by clicking part titles below or part titles in the menu at the top and bottom of this page (and all ensuing pages).

The librarians at Chesapeake College are available to assist you as you work through the tutorial.  You can reach the Reference Desk by phone at 410-827-5861 or you can email us at lrcdesk@chesapeake.edu.  If you are on campus please stop by the LRC anytime during our hours of operation.

PART I. THE IDEA

You will rack your brain and get some help from databases and websites to come up with an idea for your research, writing a few sentences to describe your idea.

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PART II. THE OVERVIEW

You will find books, both electronic and print, to inform you on the issues that make up your subject, and compose a Working Bibliography.

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PART III. REFINEMENT

You will refine your search, using subscription databases and the web, adding sources to your Working Bibliography.

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PART IV. EVALUATION

You will review evaluation criteria and choose a source from your Working Bibliography to evaluate  for authority and content.

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PART V.  GROUP PROJECT

Work as a member of a group to identify and rank criteria for evaluating sources.

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 PART VI. THE THESIS STATEMENT

Informed by preliminary research, you will turn your idea/research question into an arguable thesis.

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PART VII. CITING

You will review what needs to be cited to prevent plagiarism and parenthetical references correlate to your work cited page.

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               PERSUASION ESSAY

            The student will create the argument in support of the research paper's topic,
             without reference to research sources.

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              LITERATURE REVIEW ESSAY

            The student will describe the relevance of the research to the topic.

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             PROCESS ESSAY

The student will detail the process for writing a research paper, as just undertaken in the course of this semester.

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Introduction | Idea | Overview |  Refinement | Evaluation | Group Project 
Thesis |  Citing | Persuasion Essay
 Literature Review Essay |   Process Essay