Use this guide to learn more about:

• Creating a thesis statement
• Finding and evaluating source material
• Academic writing
  
• Citation management
• Citation styles

Here's a Glossary of Research Terms to get you started.

Academic papers promote critical thinking. You must do one or more of the following:

• Interpret - What does the information mean?
  
• Evaluate - Does this source contain relevant information? Is it reliable?
  
• Analyse - What do the data show?
  
• Define - What is the issue? What do I have to say about it? How should I say it?
  
• Compare - What are the other perspectives and interpretations?
  
• Propose a problem - What doesn't work? What are the solutions?
  
• Discuss - Why am I making this argument? Where might this discussion go?

Click the Writing tab above for resources to help you write your academic research papers,

1) Topic / Thesis

2) Research Strategy (Find and Evaluate Sources)

3) Point of View

• Balance, accuracy and fairness
• Your point of view is clear and objective
• Differing points of view are acknowledged

4) Documention / Citations

5) Writing Skills

Adapted from Basic College Research, by Patricia Berge and Carol Lee Saffioti.

Marc Lemieux

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