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Research Paper - Mind Map
- Writing a research paper
- 1. Guidelines
- Instructor's guidelines
- Additional information
- 2. Choosing a topic
- Select topic
- Type of paper
- Analytical
- The writer examines available research to become well qualified to analyze, understand and explain aspects of the topic being investigated.
- The goal is to pose and then answer a research question.
- Argumentative or persuasive
- The writer "takes a stand" on an issue and provides evidence and reasons to support the stand.
- The goal is to write a thesis statement and then support the thesis with evidence and logical reasoning.
- 3. Determine the focal point or thesis question
- Determining the scope of paper or limiting the topic
- Basic framework
- 4. Approval of Instructor
- 5. Research
- Note-taking
- Using note cards or separate page for each source
- Documenting sources as you collect research
- Use a variety of types of sources
- Online sources
- Personal interviews
- Multimedia
- Periodicals
- Books
- Type of documentation required
- Footnotes
- Endnotes
- Direct quotations
- Acknowledging sources
- Create bibliography based on instructor's guidelines
- 6. Outline
- Introduction with thesis or research question
- Framework of research
- In several paragraphs examples with supporting evidence and explanations
- Discussion
- Conclusion
- 7. Actually writing the paper
- The first draft
- Revisions
- Proofreading
- The final version
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