University Writing Program

Research Paper Exercises and Handouts

Finding a Topic

1. Paper Topic: Group Exercise —Elissa Jacobs [DOCX]  [GDOC]
2. Articulating Your Research Project

Evaluating Sources

1. Evaluating Sources—Harvard
   • Questions to Ask About All Sources
   • Evaluating Journal Articles
   • Evaluating Web Sources
   • What’s Wrong with Wikipedia?
   • Making Decisions Based on Your Discipline
2. Is This Book Relevant to My Research? (Handout Version)
3. Is This Article Relevant to My Research? (Handout Version)
4. How to Skim an Article
5. How to Read a Science Paper 

Integrating Sources

1. Active Verbs for Discussing Ideas
2. Integrating Quotations from Outside Sources
3. Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing—Purdue OWL
4. Research Paragraph Analysis
5. They Say/I Say

Research Presentations

1. General Guidelines—Lisa Rourke
2. Sample Presentation—Murad Berdyklychev
3. Using Zoom for Student Presentations—Bofang Li

Avoiding Plagiarism

1. Plagiarism Infographic (PDF)—Emily Meyers, UCONN
2. Plagiarism Tutorial—Cornell
3. Test your Plagiarism Detection Skills—Cornell
4. Plagiarism Tutorial and Game/Quiz