This Feasibility Scan will help you narrow your topic and identify possible questions you might want to investigate.
Use this Essential Question Worksheet to help you develop a good Essential Question.
The Thesis Development Worksheet will take you from an Essential Question to a research thesis.
Before you begin taking notes from an Internet source, you should determine if it is reliable. While databases and U.S. Government websites are always trustworthy, you can use the questions in this handout to help you decide whether of not to use a website you find as a result of a search (using Google, for example).
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Use this Note-Taking Template to keep track of your notes and document where you found them.
This Sentence Outline Template will organize your paraphrased notes into 3 main arguments, including by full citations and in-text citations.
Consult these Guidelines to determine when to use Direct Quotes.
Here are sample citations for the most commonly used source formats.
This handout explains how to format In-Text Citations, which are used in the body of your paper.
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