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“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. ” -Zora Neale Hurston

Ask The Puma Research Guides: Complete Index (Valencia College) Quick start research guides to hundreds of assignments given at Valencia East Campus.
Basic Guide to Research Papers Defining Purpose and Audience, Organizing Ideas, Collecting & Documenting Sources, Taking Notes, Outlining, Drafting, Revising, and Editing.
Classic Outline Model for an Argument (Valencia College) No one structure fits all written arguments. However, most college courses require arguments that consist of the following elements. Below is a basic outline for an argumentative or persuasive essay. This is only one possible outline or organization. Always check with your instructor or refer to your handbook for specifics.
Genre and the Research Paper (Purdue OWL) 'Genre and the Research' resource focusing on what research is and what it is not.
Embedding Quotations (University of Arkansas) This is a helpful resource on integrating quotations in a research paper.
Online Guide to Writing and Research (UMUC) A comprehensive resource on research writing.
The Process of Research Writing by Steven D. Krause (Eastern Michigan University) The Process of Research Writing is a web-based research writing textbook (or is that textweb?) suitable for teachers and students in research oriented composition and rhetoric classes. It's published/maintained by Steven D. Krause.
Research and Citation Resources (Purdue OWL) This section focuses on conducting research and proper formatting.
Research Help & Info (Valencia Library) You can ask a librarian for assistance with: Choosing a topic for your research, Identifying sources you will need for your research, Finding and accessing sources using the library's databases, catalog, or the Internet, Locating items on library shelves, Determining whether a source is credible enough for college-level research, Citing sources in MLA or APA format, Other information-related questions.
Research Paper: The Process (Gallaudet University) The goal of a research paper is to bring together different views, evidence, and facts about a topic from books, articles, and interviews, then interpret the information into your own writing. It's about a relationship between you, other writers, and your teacher/audience. A research paper will show two things: what you know or learned about a certain topic, and what other people know about the same topic. Often you make a judgment, or just explain complex ideas to the reader.
Research Writing: Elements and Steps (SUNY Empire State College) Research writing is distinct in approach and technique. The information here describes the various stages of research writing and offers suggestions for approaching it.
Resources for Writing and Research (UMassAmherst) Below we've compiled a collection of resources and activities to help in your writing or research process. The Writing Center also has a great collection of style guides and source books (for things such as common citation styles, writing in different academic disciplines, and grammar & mechanics) at our location in the Learning Commons.
Types of Research Papers (Excelsior OWL) Most research assignments ask you to engage in one of two approaches: Explore and evaluate (present an analysis), Persuade (present an argument), The listed tabs will give you more information about each type. Your professor may allow you to choose between these strategies or may ask you to use only one. If you’re not sure which type you should use, be sure to ask!
Writing a Research Paper (Kansas State University) A detailed resource on the research writing process: Here are the steps for researching and writing your paper: Step 1: Choose your topic, Step 2: Find sources, Step 3: Evaluate sources, Step 4: Organize your information, Step 5: Draft your paper, Step 6: Review, revise, & refine.
Writing a Research Paper (University of Wisconsin-Madison) This page lists some of the stages involved in writing a library-based research paper. Although this list suggests that there is a simple, linear process to writing such a paper, the actual process of writing a research paper is often a messy and recursive one, so please use this outline as a flexible guide.

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