One of the major challenges writers face in research writing is to effectively use sources in their papers. A writer who relies too heavily on sources might have an essay that is overrun with citations and contains few of the writer's ideas. A writer who does not know how to skillfully paraphrase or summarize may fill the essay with long quotations. A writer who uses unreliable or uncredible sources will weaken the argument or analysis.
Managing a Research Assignment (e.g., how to avoid procrastinating)
Balancing outside source material with one's own analysis
Deciding when to quote, paraphrase, and summarize
Research proposal A research proposal is written to establish the merit of your planned research on a specific question. The audience for this proposal can be an academic committee, supervisor, or an editor.
Graduate research writing Understand how graduate writing differs from undergraduate writing
