Guide for ENG 101 English Composition
In this guide you will find links to resources that will help you search for and find the necessary references for your research paper assignment.
Research Paper Tips
Short videos with research and writing tips
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Picking a Topic is Research Video from University of Houston Libraries about how to choose your research topic (and how topic selection is itself a research process)
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Pre-Research: Strategies to Begin Any Assignment Video from North Carolina State University Libraries about how you can use the 5 W’s during pre-research to learn more about your topic and uncover potential research paths
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Developing a Research Question Video by Laurier Library at Wilfrid Laurier University about how to develop and narrow a topic by creating a good research question.
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Four Steps to Narrow Your Research Topic Video by the University of Guelph McLaughlin Library about how you can narrow your research topic using four questions.
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Research Synthesis Video from Utah State University Libraries that walks you through how to engage in synthesis in order to take research from multiple sources, your own arguments and turn it into a research paper
How to Avoid Bias in Your Searches
