10 Steps in Writing the Research Paper

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10 Steps in Writing the Research Paper

• Principles of Research

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Find a Subject

• Find a topic that will interest you.

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Read a General Article

• Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Americana
• Browse through a scholarly book

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Formulate a Temporary Thesis and a Temporary
Outline

• Empirical or non empirical research

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Prepare the Preliminary Bibliography
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Take Notes From Relevant Sources
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Label Notecards and Revise Working Outline
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Write the First Draft
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Revise the Text Write Introduction and Conclusion
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Fill in Parenthetical Referances or Footnotes on
Draft
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Put the Paper in Final Form