| Whether in high school or college, often one is | | | | originators. There are several style sheets available |
| required to develop a research paper for an | | | | for the proper footnote marking and systems of |
| assignment. Research paper writing has a specific | | | | regulating the presentation of your source material. |
| focus and should not be confused with essays or | | | | This formula is different for various institutions so |
| thesis writing. | | | | checking for the authorized style sheet before |
| A research paper is not designed to offer new | | | | starting the actual composition is very important. |
| evidence or report on developing work but as a | | | | Those who grade the research paper will be |
| collation and presentation of existing work. The | | | | especially critical of this area. It is essential you have |
| research is to uncover existing knowledge of a topic | | | | your facts accurate and provable. |
| and synthesize a focused and coherent report on this | | | | Once you have finished the first draft of your |
| subject. A research paper is not intended to prove a | | | | research paper it is a good idea to let it sit for awhile |
| hypothetical point but to present an existing fact. | | | | and then come back to reread it in an objective |
| There are three directions you can take in designing | | | | manner. No one is able or expected to be |
| your research paper. A simple analytical approach | | | | letter-perfect through the first writing. The cooling |
| discusses the major points of your subject, evaluates | | | | off period is necessary to take you far enough from |
| them each in turn and then concludes with an | | | | the original creation that you can see within a later |
| evaluation of the research to the reader. An | | | | viewing any areas that need revision to tighten up to |
| expository research paper does not so much offer | | | | presentation of your information. While you can |
| altering viewpoints on your topic as it seeks to | | | | proofread your work to some degree, it is always |
| inform and explain what the subject matter is. | | | | recommended that you obtain a second person to |
| A much more involved research paper is the | | | | proof it as well. They may catch grammar or |
| argumentative form. In this type of research paper | | | | typographical errors that have fallen into a "blind |
| you pick a point of view and present your research | | | | spot" for the original writer. |
| findings to prove your opening statements. One thing | | | | Critical areas of review at this point are the transition |
| the person writing the research paper must be | | | | areas between proof points and that you have |
| mindful of through the entire process is that they | | | | refined the data to a tight focus. Here you can see if |
| stay on focus. If the subsequent research convinces | | | | certain patterns of extraneous words have "fluffed" |
| you to modify the original statement of purpose, you | | | | your writing and you can eliminate the unnecessary |
| will have to revise your opening arguments and any | | | | wording. |
| other parts of your paper that this change entails. | | | | The final part of research paper writing is to put your |
| Another aspect of research paper writing that is of | | | | final version on the paper (or the required computer |
| the utmost importance is in keeping your source | | | | file format) that your specific institution requires. |
| information accurate. A research paper is not creative | | | | Even the presentation of the physical artifact of your |
| writing and you will need to reference the sources of | | | | research paper can have some weight on its final |
| your facts and credit information used to their | | | | acceptance or rejection. |