1. Research Paper
Mrs. Hobbs

2. 10 steps to a good Research Paper
Step 1= choose your topics; narrow it down, broad but not too broad
Step 2= locate information
reference sources= encyclopedia, almanacs, scholarly journals, books, magazines, newspapers, internet
Step 3= Prepare the bibliography cards
Step 4= Prepare the notecards

3. Steps to research paper
Step 5= Prepare an outline (step ladder format
I (topic)
A. (subtopic)
1. (detail)
a. (subdetail)

5. Step 6= Write a rough draft Step 7= Revise your rough draft
Step 8= Prepare your bibliography
Step 9= Prepare the title page and table of contents
Step 10= Final Check list
Title page?, table of contents?, pages # correctly?, quotations and major resources?, bibliography?, second copy for files?

6. BIBLIOGRAPHY CARDS
You must locate 5 separate sources for your research paper (2 of them need to come from books as opposed to internet)
5 separate cards that list:

7. Bibliography Cards
Source type: encyclopedias, almanacs, scholarly journals, books, magazines, newspapers, or internet
Author’s last name
Author’s first name and middle initial
Year published
Title of the article/book
Journal/Magazine name (for scholarly journals)
Page numbers
Who published the book
url address for internet source

8. “WORD FOR WORD text from source” Place in quotation marks
INDEX CARDS-
FRONT Your Name
“WORD FOR WORD text from source”
Place in quotation marks
Title of work
Page number

9. INDEX CARDS BACK -Paraphrasing of the front quote- use your own words
-CITATION OF SOURCE in MLA format DIRECTLY FOLLOWING YOUR OWN WORDS!
MLA format
Most: (Author’s last name pg #)(Hobbs 10)- for a book with one author
NO AUTHOR ("Impact of Global Warming" 6). TITLE PAGE #
WEBSITE (Author’s last name “title of work”)

10. INDEX CARDS 20 index cards with front and back completed
Each note card gets one fact
Quote text is copied from the original document word for word
Paraphrase: rewriting the original text in your own words- don’t just rearrange the words
Summary: shortening the text, keeping the important information but placing it in your own words