Step 1 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Understand your assignment |
| • Understanding Writing Assignments (OWL, Purdue University)
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Step 2 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Select and focus your topic |
| • Tips for Choosing a Paper Topic (Ball State University Libraries)
• Finding and Using Reference Sources for Background Information (Ball State University Libraries)
• Planning (Invention) (OWL, Purdue University)
• BSU Writing Center
• BSU Learning Center
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Step 3 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Write your working thesis |
| • Writing a Thesis Statement (OWL, Purdue University)
• BSU Writing Center
• BSU Learning Center
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Step 4 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Plan your research strategy |
| • Tips about Research Tools (Ball State University Libraries)
• Ask a Librarian
• For more information about research tools, see Research JumpStart
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Step 5 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Find, review, and evaluate books |
| • CardCat
• CardCat Help
• Interlibrary Loan
• Ask a Librarian
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Step 6 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Find, review, and evaluate articles |
| • Academic Search Premier
• Ball State University Library Databases
• Interlibrary Loan
• Ask a Librarian
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Step 7 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Find, review, and evaluate web sites |
| • Should you use it?: Tips for Evaluating Information (Ball State University Libraries)
• Search Engines
• Ask a Librarian
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Step 8 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Outline the structure of your paper or project |
| • BSU Writing Center
• BSU Learning Center
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Step 9 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Write the first draft |
| • BSU Writing Center
• BSU Learning Center
• BSU Libraries Citation Resources
• Computer Lab Locations and Hours
• Overcoming Writer's Block
• The Paragraph
• Strategies for Improving Sentence Clarity
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Step 10 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Conduct additional research as necessary |
| • Should you use it?: Tips for Evaluating Information (Ball State University Libraries)
• Ask a Librarian
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Step 11 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Revise and rewrite |
| • BSU Writing Center
• BSU Learning Center
• Proofreading Strategies
• Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision
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Step 12 | By Tuesday, November 30, 1999: Put your paper in its final form |
| • Online Reference Shelf: Citation Style Guides
• Ask a Librarian
• BSU Writing Center
• BSU Learning Center
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