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    This document provides an overview of research papers and their purpose. It discusses the two main types of research papers: argumentative and analytical. The argumentative research paper takes a stance on a debatable topic and uses sources to persuade the audience of the thesis. The analytical research paper explores a topic without an initial stance, and forms a thesis as the student evaluates primary and secondary sources on the topic. Both types of papers involve formulating questions, conducting research, organizing information, and revising drafts to present insights about the research topic.

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    RESEARCH PAPERS

    Introduction
    This overview of research paper strategies will focus on the type of research paper that
    uses library resources.

    The research paper is a popular academic assignment. Forms of it are also used in
    various professional fields. The research paper gives you the opportunity to think
    seriously about some issue. Building on the research of others, you have the opportunity
    to contribute your own research and insights to a particular question of interest to you. It
    also gives you practice in important academic skills such as:

     formulating research questions


     conducting research
     managing time
     organizing information into coherent ideas
     substantiating arguments with research in the field
     and presenting insights about the research
    Disciplines vary in their ways of conducting research, in writing research papers, and in
    the form of the final copy. The Purdue OWL has a Complete Discipline Listing of style
    guide information, with links to useful resources under each discipline.
    Individual instructors may also vary in their expectations of a research paper. It is
    important that you read the assignment carefully. Writing a research paper can be a very
    messy and fluid process, and the following is only a representation of commonly used
    steps.
     Start by choosing a topic.
     Then narrow your topic.
     Draft a main claim or thesis statement (which may easily change as you do the
    research).
     Do the research. For more information, see guides on how to evaluate
    websites and other sources; understanding primary vs. secondary sources;
    and paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting sources.
     Organize the research. (Outlining can really help at this point.)
     Draft. See The Writing Process for drafting ideas, tips, and suggestions.
     Create your bibliography or works cited page.
     Revise your draft. Revise for content and for organization.
     Edit and proofread your final draft.
    Two major types of research papers
    Argumentative research paper:

    The argumentative research paper consists of an introduction in which the writer clearly
    introduces the topic and informs his audience exactly which stance he intends to take;
    this stance is often identified as the thesis statement. An important goal of the
    argumentative research paper is persuasion, which means the topic chosen should be
    debatable or controversial.

    The student would support the thesis throughout the paper by means of both primary
    and secondary sources, with the intent to persuade the audience that the interpretation
    of the situation is viable.

    Analytical research paper:

    The analytical research paper often begins with the student asking a question (a.k.a. a
    research question) on which he has taken no stance. Such a paper is often an exercise
    in exploration and evaluation.

    It is not the student's intent to persuade the audience that his ideas are right while those
    of others are wrong. Instead, his goal is to offer a critical interpretation of primary and
    secondary sources throughout the paper--sources that should, ultimately, buttress his
    particular analysis of the topic.

    It is typically not until the student has begun the writing process that his thesis statement
    begins to take solid form. In fact, the thesis statement in an analytical paper is often
    more fluid than the thesis in an argumentative paper. Such is one of the benefits of
    approaching the topic without a predetermined stance 1.

    Revised: 07/18

    1
     Adapted from Purdue OWL's "Genre and the Research Paper"

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