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How
to shoot yourself in the foot
If
you get stuck
Check list for the first week
How
will you take notes??
After the first week: finding your materials
.....1. Hold
off for now on databases of journal articles
.....2. Do
a combination Library catalog and shelf search
.....3. Approach
books efficiently
.....4. Snowball!
.....5. Use
Amazon in conjunction with SEAL,
. . .
. . . . WorldCat,
& Online Archives
.....6. Consult
bibliographies
.....7. Check
Barnet for more research tools
.....8. Use databases
for a focused search
.....9. Assess
your bibliography
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The
Proposal: definition, and reasons for assigning
du ..........Short
form (for most term papers)
...............An
essay or a report?o
Documentation
..........Finding
and documenting good images
..........University
of Chicago Style
..........Quotations
..........Common
knowledge
...............Method:
"colored footnotes"
...............Rationale:
Why bother with colored footnotes??
Assess your paper
.....1. First
the easy questions
.....2. Is
your paper well-crafted?
.....3. Do
you communicate clearly?
.....4. Did
you take risks?
.....5. Is
your paper free of plagiarism?
Preparing the final draft of your paper
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