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Step 1: Understand your assignment by 6 am Thu Jan 01
Suggestions for understanding assignment sheets
-- http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/readassign.html
Step 2: Select and focus topic by 6 am Thu Jan 01
Refine your topic
-- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/topic.html
Where to start a paper
-- http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/1stqs.html
Step 3: Write working thesis by 6 am Thu Jan 01
Definition: Thesis Statements and Research Questions
-- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/thesis.html
Sample thesis statements
-- http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml
Step 4: Design research strategy by 7 am Thu Jan 01
QuickStudy: Designing a research strategy
-- http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/infomachine.asp?moduleID=13
'Ask Us!' at the University Libraries
-- http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Step 5: Find, review, and evaluate books by 8 am Thu Jan 01
Keep careful notes with source clearly indicated
-- http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/habits.html
Search the library's catalog
-- http://www.lib.umn.edu/books/
QuickStudy: Finding books
-- http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/infomachine.asp?moduleID=5
Step 6: Find, review, and evaluate journal/magazine/newspaper articles by 11 am Thu Jan 01
Keep careful notes with source clearly indicated
-- http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/habits.html
QuickStudy: Finding articles
-- http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/infomachine.asp?moduleID=6
Research QuickStart
-- http://research.lib.umn.edu/
Step 7: Find, review, and evaluate web sites by 12 pm Thu Jan 01
Do some general web searching - not library-related -- http://research.lib.umn.edu/
Keep careful notes with source clearly indicated
-- http://www.princeton.edu/pr/pub/integrity/pages/habits.html
QuickStudy: Finding web sites
-- http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/infomachine.asp?moduleID=7
Research QuickStart
-- http://research.lib.umn.edu/
Step 8: Outline or describe overall structure by 12 pm Thu Jan 01
Using Outlines
-- http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/outlines.shtml
Online or in-person writing support at the U of M's Center for Writing
-- http://writing.umn.edu/sws/appoints_hours/appointments.htm
Step 9: Write 1st draft by 1 pm Thu Jan 01
Writing Your First Draft
-- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/1draft.html
Online or in-person writing support at the U of M's Center for Writing
-- http://writing.umn.edu/sws/appoints_hours/appointments.htm
Reserve computer lab time on the Lab Reservation System
-- http://www.lrs.umn.edu/
Step 10: Conduct additional research as necessary by 2 pm Thu Jan 01
QuickStudy: Evaluating sources
-- http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/infomachine.asp?moduleID=9
'Ask Us!' at the University Libraries
-- http://infopoint.lib.umn.edu/
Step 11: Revise & rewrite by 5 pm Thu Jan 01
Revising Your Work
-- http://writing.umn.edu/sws/quicktips/process/revision.htm
Online or in-person writing support at the U of M's Center for Writing
-- http://writing.umn.edu/sws/appoints_hours/appointments.htm
Step 12: Put paper in final form by 6 pm Thu Jan 01
QuickStudy: Citing sources
-- http://tutorial.lib.umn.edu/infomachine.asp?moduleID=10
The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr.
-- http://www.bartleby.com/141/
RefWorks
: Citing sources using an online tool -- http://www.lib.umn.edu/refworks/