WP#3 is the actual research paper assignment. It gives you guidelines for writing the paper, and helps you understand your paper's ultimate purpose: to state your argument, state the side that you are on and why, and actions that should be taken to correct or help the issue. WP#3 also gives you tips to starting your research paper, such as outlining.
In the Bedford Researcher, chapter 3 helps you establish your research question and proposal. A research question should be straight to the point and be about your selected topic. This chapter advises you to list several questions about the issue to help you decide which question you want to focus more on. Some sample questions are shown on pages 34 and 35. After selecting your research question, the next step is to refine it to a more narrow, focused question. A research proposal is a formal presentation about your research paper. Your proposal should contain the key elements that are shown on page 42.
Chapter 4 teaches you how to compile and organize your research material. It guides you in creating a search plan that helps you determine what resources will be best, and what stategies you will use to carry out your plan. It also tells you different methods that could be used to save and organize your research material. Some of these methods include printing your information, keeping an online file, saving items to a disk, emailing the material, or using a bookmarking list such as del.icio.us. It also goes into how to create a working bibliography.
Chapter 5b it shows you how to search online databases and web search sites. It explains that a database provides information that is overall more reliable. Such as journal articles, and government documents. A web search engine, such as google, is open access to pretty much anything that is online. This makes it more difficult to find facts and solid research information. It also informs you that several government agencies use the web to distribute information, and it gives you some of the web adresses, which will be very helpful when writing my paper. This chapter also guides you in how to search online using keywords and phrases.
The webpages provided also help you to develop a great research question. The last website directs you to a pretty sweet presentation that helps you understand the purpose, context, audience, author, and topic of your research paper.
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