Research Paper Exercises and Handouts
Finding a Topic
- Paper Topic: Group Exercise —Elissa Jacobs [DOCX] [GDOC]
- Articulating Your Research Project
Evaluating Sources
- Evaluating Sources—Harvard
- Is This Book Relevant to My Research? (Handout Version)
- Is This Article Relevant to My Research? (Handout Version)
- How to Skim an Article
- How to Read a Science Paper
Integrating Sources
- Active Verbs for Discussing Ideas
- Integrating Quotations from Outside Sources
- Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing—Purdue OWL
- Research Paragraph Analysis
- They Say/I Say
Research Presentations
- General Guidelines—Lisa Rourke
- Sample Presentation—Murad Berdyklychev
- Using Zoom for Student Presentations—Bofang Li
Avoiding Plagiarism
- Plagiarism Infographic (PDF)—Emily Meyers, UCONN
- Plagiarism Tutorial—Cornell
- Test your Plagiarism Detection Skills—Cornell
- Plagiarism Tutorial and Game/Quiz