Databases

Be sure to make use of the high school library's excellent collection of databases.  Go to the library's webpage to access them.

Planning a Research Paper

You should have three or fewer topics selected from your initial list of 20.

1. Define and refine your topic.  Make sure your topic is specific and not too broad.
2. Plan your research.  Gather background information about your topic.  Consult general reference sources to learn key terms and concepts.  
3. Find resources.  These are the sources you will cite in your paper.  Do you need articles?  Books?  Audio recordings?  Will you need to conduct interviews or surveys?
4. Create a thesis statement.  What is the thing you are going to prove?  This should be one or two sentences in length.
5. Make an outline. Let your focus guide your research.  Write down how you will organize your main points.  
6. Write a first draft of your paper.  
7. Revise and rewrite in order to create a final draft.  

Due dates: Rough Draft: 4/4  Final Draft: 4/11

Research Paper

Hopefully, you now have a topic for research.  We will be using the Chromebooks in class this week so you can find resources and further narrow your topic. 


Rough drafts will be due April 3rd. 

Final drafts will be due April 19th.


Please make sure you use Purdue OWL while writing.  It is a terrific resource. 

Here is their page about starting the writing process.  

Here is their page about conducting research.