Everyone should have to or have done a school research paper on something, whether a personal choice on the topic or not. These help you know how to research for when you grow up – what if someone wanted to be a researcher but do not know how, for instance? Even if the only plan in life is having a child, research will be needed. For this reason, this guide to research papers has been created to help people on their research paper path. This is only the recommended way to do research papers, however – do it your way, if you know something better!
A research paper should have a certain page format. That format is to have a one-inch border on each side of the page. The size of the font should be 12 point, and each line is supposed to be double spaced. The length of the paper depends on grades, and so does the minimum number of sources. The chart on the diagram page contains the recommended length and source numbers (1). A source, if you do not already know, is a place from which you got the information to put into your paper. When you get this information, you will create source cards, which I show on the diagram page (2). There are several steps to a research paper. The first step is to choose your subject. You will first choose a general subject, unless you are given one. To make the paper shorter, you should choose a problem to solve and narrow your focus in the main topic. You will follow this with establishing your purpose of writing the paper: For example, in my Oppenheimer paper, I wrote, “You may know some about him, but I thought I would let you know that this paper is here to let you see the mind behind the bomb bloom into the mastermind he was, and to let you understand him. This will also tell you more about what he created, and why he disliked it.” This is the last sentence in the introduction. If you cannot find enough information about the topic, however, you should look into another subject for your paper. Once you know you can find information on the subject, you need to start researching, gathering the information onto pieces of paper, note cards, or computer files. Make sure to note the source when you note it down, too. After you finish researching, generate a rough outline, editing it into a good outline to follow in your writing – of course, you may change it during writing if something else flows better. Next, you should write the first draft of the report, edit it until it is done, and then turn it into your teacher. Whenever you look for the information, however, the library is a good place. So is the internet. In both of these places, you should skim titles to see if it is what you need. Say you have Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center by Ray Monk and are looking for his time in the Manhattan Project – You would skim the part and chapter titles until you find something that looks promising, and then carefully skim through the area until you find all of the information you want. Make sure to evaluate the source, though, because you might not get correct information otherwise. This is all because of many questions: Is the writer sharing his opinion or just information? Is it old information? Is the writer knowledgeable on the subject? Is it a firsthand source, like from Oppenheimer's first wife, or secondhand, like from Oppenheimer's wife’s friend? If it is one of these, it is better to use – there are not going to be as many mistakes passing it from person to person. Also, are they trying to convince you to think a certain way? This is a lot to take in, and that makes perfect since. This is all just recommended from the school curriculum Sonlight, and they are even more thorough on the topic. Please understand this is just to pass it from them to you, and thank you for reading. BIBLIOGRPHY HOW-TO (a) Books Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name. Title of Book. Place of publication: Publisher’s Name, Copyright Date. Ex: Monk, Ray. Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center. New York, NY: Anchor Books (Random House Publishing), 2012 (b) Websites, Projects Author’s Last Name, Author’s First Name (if known). “Article Name” Title of [Website, Project]. Publisher Information, Date of Publication. Date Accessed. Ex. Biography.com Editors. “J. Robert Oppenheimer Biography”. Biography.com. A&E Television Networks, Inc. May 6, 2021. Web Accessed: March 25 2022. THIS PAPER'S BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. John. “Appendix 6: How To Do a Research Project” Language Arts J, Section 4. Sonlight Curriculum, 2020. Paper Accessed April 26, 2022
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