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Research skills

How to Write a Research Proposal Paper

This Resource Page will help you learn what a research proposal paper is, understand the steps in the planning stages of a research proposal paper and identify the components of a research proposal paper. 

How to Read Academic Articles

This Resource Page shows you strategies for critical academic reading depending on your reading purposes — whether for class discussions, selecting literature for an assignment, or including ideas from selected readings into your paper — to maximize your understanding and insight.

How to Organize Literature

Once you have gathered the relevant literature for your assignment and read it in detail, you need to organize key information and notes systematically. This Resource Page will help you find strategies and a system to organize your literature and notes.

How to Write an Annotated Bibliography

While an annotated bibliography can be a standalone assignment, at its core it is a foundational research tool. This Resource Page will help you learn the steps to write an annotated bibliography.

How to Evaluate and Select Literature

As you do your literature search, it is important to select only relevant and high-quality sources. This Resource Page will show you strategies and criteria to evaluate and select literature.

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

This Resource Page explains the concepts of Academic Integrity, Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism, shows examples and provides effective strategies to maintain academic integrity.

What is an Annotated Bibliography? 

An annotated bibliography is a foundational tool to help develop a research project or an assignment. In this Resource Page, you will learn the components of annotated bibliographies and their use in academic writing.

How to Find Sources for Assignments

This Resource Page is a roadmap designed to guide you as you search for sources for your assignments. Our goal is to assist you in locating the most appropriate sources in the most efficient way.

How to Prepare a Literature Review

This Resource Page shows the different stages of literature review preparation and presents resources to support you at each stage.

How to Select Assignment Topics

Your course instructors might ask you to write a paper and they will often require you to choose your own assignment topic. This Resource Page will show you effective strategies for selecting a topic.