1. Research Paper Tips:
Faster and Easier
Elaine Settergren, Online Librarian
esettergren@globeuniversity.edu
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3. Today's Topics
• Getting Organized
• Staying Organized
• Finishing Touches

4. Getting Organized
• Ready? No? Go anyway!

5. Polling Break!
Which part of the research process do you find
the most difficult?
A. thinking of it as a process (not
procrastinating)
B. research
C.writing
D.editing

6. Your Recipe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/shimelle/3074323204/

7. Recipe Modifications
Example:
Genetically Modified Organisms
Narrower topic ideas?

8. Ingredients
Research Organization:
• What do you need to know?
• Where will you search?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdickert/2447712324/

9. Shopping!
Research Organization:
• where you searched
• search words
• citations

10. Ingredients
Our Example
Search word ideas?

11. Polling Break
What's your favorite part about researching?
A. Learning new ideas
B. Finding the *best* sources
C.Gaining a fresh perspective

12. Mixing it
Writing Organization:
•outlines of ideas
•citations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ed_welker/4328746124/

13. Baking
• Think about what you've learned
http://www.flickr.com/photos/parfeniukas/395550576

14. Make it a "Layered Cake"
• go back for research as you need it and
write it into your paper
• don't forget your own ideas!

15. Polling Break
How do you handle multiple school projects at
once?
A. I work on each of them a little at a time
B. I finish one, then the other

16. Almost There!

17. Finishing Touches
• Proofread
• Citations
• Formatting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melloveschallah/3438153739/

18. Thank you!
Happy Researching!
Elaine Settergren
esettergren@globeuniversity.edu
866-934-8566