William Hoffmann
English 102
4/9/14
Chapter 2 The Bedford Researcher
Chapter two of the Bedford Researcher explains much of how to search for information about your topic via the internet, libraries, and even people who have personal or professional knowledge of your intended topic. Like how most projects are started, creating a plan to explore a topic is needed near the beginning stages of a research paper. Including a list of people whom you can discuss your topic with, a list of questions, and a list of resources to search are key to the formation of your paper. While researching finding preliminary sources along with reviewing sources can help you explore your topic in greater detail. The Bedford Researcher also explains that finding more than one type of source is important for various topics. Searching a library's online catalog, the physical shelves of books at the library themselves are great sources besides browsers from the internet. Articles and scholarly journals or magazines are also great sources to use but may vary depending on your topic.
Some sources on the internet or in articles and books may or may not have exactly what you are looking for in your topic which is why skimming helps a person quickly receive information without reading the whole text. Checking the table of context, the index, glossary, works cited, or reading the first and last sentences of a paragraph can help determine what the text is about. Lastly,Focusing on an issue is key towards writing a research paper. Finding concepts that are repeated, broad themes on the topic, and finding arguments against your topic help refine and phrase it to help make a decision on an issue. After an issue is found for a topic finding out whether its purpose will satisfy the writer and the reader. In addition finding out if an issue is compatible with a persons limitations and opportunities will also help determine if an issue is the right one for the writer.
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