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    Step 1

   By 7 am Thu Jan 01 - Understand your assignment
• Focus
• Understanding assignment sheets

    Step 2

   By 7 am Thu Jan 01 - Select and focus topic
• Focus
• Choose a Topic
• Begin and Organize a Research Paper

    Step 3

   By 7 am Thu Jan 01 - Write working thesis
• Focus
• Crafting a Thesis
• Sample thesis statements

    Step 4

   By 8 am Thu Jan 01 - Design research strategy
• Focus
• Designing a Research Strategy
• "Ask a Librarian" at SPC

    Step 5

   By 9 am Thu Jan 01 - Find books
• Investigate
• Search the library's catalog
• Search For Resources

    Step 6

   By 12 pm Thu Jan 01 - Find journal, magazine, newspaper articles & web sites
• Investigate
• Search for articles
• Research Guides & Tutorials
• Do some general web searching - not Library related
• Internet Research: Strategies and Resources
• Pathfinders - quick research guide

    Step 7

   By 1 pm Thu Jan 01 - Record Information
• Note
• Keep careful notes, with source clearly indicated

    Step 8

   By 1 pm Thu Jan 01 - Outline or describe overall structure
• Develop
• Developing an Outline
• Planning your paper's structure

    Step 9

   By 2 pm Thu Jan 01 - Write 1st draft
• Develop
• Writing a First Draft
• SPC Learning Support Centers
• Virtual Writing Center
• Online Student Writing Support (University of Minnesota)

    Step 10

   By 3 pm Thu Jan 01 - Conduct additional research as necessary
• Develop
• Search For Resources
• "Ask a Librarian" at SPC

    Step 11

   By 6 pm Thu Jan 01 - Revise & rewrite paper
• Develop
• Revising Your Work
• The Editing Process
• Draft and Revise a Research Paper

    Step 12

   By 6 pm Thu Jan 01 - Put paper in final form
• Develop
• Citing Sources
• Proofreading Strategies
• The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr.
• Strategies for Improving Sentence Clarity
• Score - evaluate final paper


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