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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/