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Overview
“Whether you knew it or not when you started,
conducting research is the defining feature of
your graduate career. If you plan to stay in
academe, it will be the defining feature of your
academic life.”
--Lesli Mitchell
The Ultimate Grad School Survival
Guide
The genre of research
What it’s not:
A loose collection of anecdotal information
What it’s not only:
Reporting of others’ knowledge
What it is:
Creation of knowledge
Added security of academic support
Contribution to a larger academic discussion
Problems and solutions
Before you write:
Read sources critically
Read studies similar to what you want to write
Professional journals, master’s theses, Google scholar
Abstracts
Literature Reviews
Conclusions/Discussion
Recommendations for Future Study
Take notes (don’t highlight!)
Summarize/paraphrase passages
Quoting Sources (in brief)
Use quotations sparingly and strategically.
Use quotations only when the language is so
unique that you must use it; that is, the
language adds “color, power, or character,” to
your project.
Too many quotes are distracting; reader needs
to hear your voice.
Quote use
Identify quotes with frames that precede,
follow, or interrupt.
Use appropriate verb of attribution.
Punctuate correctly.
Quotes should be syntactically correct and
integrated into your own language.
The Art of the Paraphrase
You are writers, not re-typers.
Instances of plagiarism (from the Office of the Associate VP, CSU Fresno):
“Failure to use quotation marks when quoting directly
from another, whether it be a paragraph, sentence or
part thereof
Copying phrases or ideas from a book, magazine, or
other source without giving credit to the author
Turning in a paper or computer program that is the
work of another individual”
Drafting
Should be the least time-consuming of all
steps in the process
If it’s taking you forever to write 1,000 words,
two things could be happening:
1. You don’t have a clue what you should be
saying.
2. You're revising while you draft so that you
end up with one sentence an hour.
The Introduction: Your paper’s
“first impression”
Introductions should:
Introduce subject and problem