RESEARCH

1. RESEARCH What is it? Why do it?

2. What do you know about it?

3. Research diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine. (dictionary.com)

4. STEP ONE: Topic Select a topic and decide on a question that you desire to answer about that topic. ie. If you are interested in learning more about William Shakespeare, your question could be: How did the time period impact Shakespeare’s writing? or How does Shakespeare’s writing reflect his beliefs/experiences?

5. STEP TWO: Sources Primary: Directly from the source- original documents, and personal interviews or autobiographies of someone who was there Secondary: Written about the source by someone else- critiques, journals, newspapers, etc. Tertiary: Compilation of information obtained from multiple sources (primary & secondary)- textbooks, databases, etc.

6. Sources Continued Media sources cannot include wikis or blogs that can be edited by the public

7. Database Password Galileo: carp

8. MLA NOTECARD You should have a notecard with the MLA citation for each source that you use. Don’t forget to use a hanging indent!

9. NOTECARDS Information type Paraphrase, Summary, or Quotation Write out the quotation, paraphrase, or summary here Author/ Page number

10. OUTLINE I. Intro II. Body- 3 main points A. Point 1 1. Supporting Detail 1 2. SD 2 a. Sub-Supporting detail 1 b. SSD2 B. C. III. Conclusion

11. OUTLINE CONTINUED • No I without II • No A without B • No 1 without 2 • No a without b

12. INTRODUCTION The first paragraph should introduce your topic AND tell your reader what they should expect to learn from reading your paper. 3-5 sentences: 1) Hook (quotation, interesting fact, rhetorical question) 2) Segway (smooth transition from hook to thesis) 3) Thesis

13. THESIS Make sure that you are informing the reader of what they will learn from your paper. At NO POINT should you say, “In this paper, you will see…”

14. BODY PARAGRAPHS • Start with a strong topic sentence • Contain 5-7 sentences that relate to the topic sentence • Use transition words to connect sentences • Include MLA cited quotations • Paraphrase • Short quotation • Block quotation

15. CONCLUSION • Restate your thesis statement (NOT VERBATIM) • Tell your audience where to go next- further research, solution to a problem, etc.

16. SHORT QUOTATION • Use for quotations shorter than 4 lines • The author can be named in the sentence containing the quotation OR at the end of the sentence in parentheses. • The quotation MUST be a part of a sentence. It CANNOT stand alone! • ALL quotations should be cited!

17. SHORT QUOTATION Lucille French, writing in the magazine The Village Voice, wrote, “There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man’s panoramic past as few have ever known it” (24). As one critic noted in the magazine The Village Voice, “There is no one quite like Joseph Campbell. He knows the vast sweep of man’s panoramic past as few have ever known it” (French 24).

18. BLOCK QUOTATION • Must be longer than 4 lines • Indent twice as much as a paragraph (hit tab 2 times) • Do not use quotation marks • Put your period at the end of the sentence, hit space 2 times, then include your page number in parentheses.

19. BLOCK QUOTATION The author of The Classic Fairy Tales recognized the important contribution made by the Grimm Brothers. He wrote: The Grimms were visionaries: the first substantial collectors to like folk tales for their own sake; the first to write the tales down in the way ordinary people told them. . . ; and the first to include the identity of the people who told the tale. The Grimms revived popular interest in the oral tradition at the same time that they instituted critical interest, beginning an interest in a previously unexamined literary past. (Opie 39)

20. PARAPHRASE • Use this when you are including information from a source, but NOT using the words verbatim. • Make sure that you are still giving credit to your source(s)!

21. PARAPHRASE The Grimm brothers’ major influence was the introduction of fairy tales into our society. They liked to collect folktales and copy them down the way ordinary people would tell them. This made folktales more accessible to others because they were written in a way people were used to hearing them, just as Peter Opie has noted (39). The Grimm brothers’ major influence was the introduction of fairy tales into our society. They liked to collect folktales and copy them down the way ordinary people would tell them. This made folktales more accessible to others—they were written in a way people were used to hearing them (Opie 39).

22. COMMON ERRORS • PLAGIARISM- You must cite EVERYTHING!!! • Do not use anything other than 3rd person. • Lacking original title- You’re title should not be “Football,” but it can be “The Impact of Football on American Culture.” • Imbed quotes- A quote must occur within a sentence. It cannot stand alone as a sentence.

23. MORE COMMON ERRORS • Don’t mention your paper within your paper! (ie. In this paper….) • Make sure that all of your supporting details go along with your topic sentence. • Make sure that your topic sentence is broad enough to include all of the information in the paragraph.

24. MORE COMMON ERRORS • Make sure that you are using words correctly. REFRAIN FROM USING THE THESAURUS ON WORD! • Titles- When citing a source or just mentioning a text within your paper, make sure that you are punctuating the title correctly. Titles of long works should be italicized or underlined, while shorter works should be in quotation marks. • Citations go within the period of the sentence being cited.

25. BIGGEST COMMON ERROR DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO ASK FOR HELP!!!