In Chapter two of The Bedford Researcher it listed the steps in exploring your chosen topic. It suggested creating a plan of a variety of ways to gather research, such as knowledgable people to discuss it with, places you may go, web searching and other resources. It stressed again that a writer needs to have a system of tracking this information.
It listed a variety of ways to gather information. One example is a writer can read one piece of research and go to the works cited list and gather sources from that or you could check for pull quotes or bolded words in sources that draw attention to details within the topic. When skimming through sources it highly encourages taking brief notes along the way by highlighting, underlining and annotating.
During research a writer will notice conversations on issues, patterns in information, disagreeing points of view and new ideas. Knowledgeable authors will appear often on the subject that will lead you to read from them and learn from their expertise on the subject.
After a good deal of research it will be time to choose the view that speaks to you the most and work towards supporting it. You will ask yourself many questions like does this meet the requirements for the project? Will readers want to hear about this? Is there enough information to support a ten page essay? Do I need to narrow this subject further? After evaluating it, your work begins.
It listed a variety of ways to gather information. One example is a writer can read one piece of research and go to the works cited list and gather sources from that or you could check for pull quotes or bolded words in sources that draw attention to details within the topic. When skimming through sources it highly encourages taking brief notes along the way by highlighting, underlining and annotating.
During research a writer will notice conversations on issues, patterns in information, disagreeing points of view and new ideas. Knowledgeable authors will appear often on the subject that will lead you to read from them and learn from their expertise on the subject.
After a good deal of research it will be time to choose the view that speaks to you the most and work towards supporting it. You will ask yourself many questions like does this meet the requirements for the project? Will readers want to hear about this? Is there enough information to support a ten page essay? Do I need to narrow this subject further? After evaluating it, your work begins.
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