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The Research Process: A Step-By-Step Guide

This guide will walk you through how to find a topic, collect information, and write your paper.

Writing the Paper

Writing research papers can be very challenging.

Knowing how to take notes and paraphrase ideas can help.

Within Canvas, you will find a link titled "Tutor Me".  Help is available 24/7.

Literature Review

A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area, and sometimes within a certain time period. It can be a simple summary of the sources, but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis.

Sources included in a literature review may include: books, peer-reviewed articles, newspaper articles, videos, conference proceedings, and websites.You should only include sources that are relevant, recent and reputable.

Source: University of North Carolina's Writing Center

Microsoft Office Help

Are you required to use Excel, Word, or PowerPoint for a paper or presentation? Do you feel comfortable using these applications?

If not, you can also visit the Microsoft Office website. The site contains a wealth of information including how-to documents,  templates, and training videos.