Guide to successful research papers

Posted by Lance Gravlee on September 25, 2008 
Filed Under Writing Assignments

One of the keys to successful writing is to make slow and steady progress toward your goal. That means that the best research papers we read this semester are probably going to be the ones you are working on now. It takes time to do good library research, synthesize what you discover, and write about it well.

To help you get started (if you haven’t already), the TAs have assembled a guide to writing a successful research paper. You can download the guide in PDF format here.

This very helpful guide offers advice on library research, writing style, and citation practices. Paying attention to the advice in this guide is the surest way to make your TA happy—and you want your TA to be happy.

Do you know of other useful resources for improving your research, writing, and citation skills? Let us know by leaving a comment.

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2 Responses to “Guide to successful research papers”

  1. emerson on September 25th, 2008 7:43 pm

    for MLA citations & everything one could ever really need to know about MLA formating whatever:
    http://dianahacker.com/resdoc

    its really straight-forward and a good resource.

  2. kate on September 26th, 2008 11:05 am

    this is a great citation website: http://citationmachine.net/

    select your format on the left, put your information in the fields (make sure it’s the correct information in the right boxes!)and then copy and paste the citation into your paper.

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