Listed here are
several 'Tips & Tricks' that can be helpful in
getting started. An unarticulated skill overlooked by
many is the process to reduce your ideas down to a
manageable topic; to move from the general idea to a
specific topic. I gave an example in class. I start with
‘climate change’
Each step down, constrains your options. Continue this
process until you reach a ‘research question’. A
Google Search of: thawing permafrost effects: Impacts of Thawing Permafrost When the ice in permafrost
melts, the ground becomes unstable and can slump,
causing rock and landslides, floods and coastal erosion.
Thawing permafrost can damage buildings as it collapses.
In the past few years, there has been a
growing fear about a possible consequence of climate
change: zombie pathogens. Specifically, bacteria and
viruses — preserved for centuries in frozen ground —
coming back to life as the Arctic's permafrost starts to
thaw.
From the
last step I could propose looking at: ‘building
foundations in entire village unmined’; ‘disease
bacteria thawing in communal graveyards endangering
population’; or other questions that further narrow area
of research.
Now start your search for papers and
create an APA
Annotated Bibliography Why?
Adapting this methodology helps collet your thoughts,
identify where you found information, provides a
framework for pulling your ideas together. Look at
Cornell University Library's
description.
Also look at the
following videos (lengths of videos listed)
Creating an
APA Format Annotated Bibliography (9:00)
Annotated Bibliography APA Style Formatting and Helpful
Advice (6:10)
Word: How to Create an Annotated
Bibliography (MLA 4:18)
For the cost 20 minutes look at the
skill you have acquired!
Next, let's look at
creating APA citation in 2016 Word documents.
APA Formatting, Part 1
- The Title Page (11:04)
APA Formatting, Part 2 -
Page 2 (10:10)
Word 2016 - APA Format - How
To Do an APA Style Paper in 2017 -APA Tutorial Set Up on
Microsoft Word (10:10)
How to do
literature review for research
How to Write a
Literature Review in 30 Minutes or Less (17:12)
Writing the Literature Review (Part One): Step-by-Step
Tutorial for Graduate Students (5:21)
Writing the
Literature Review (Part Two): Step-by-Step Tutorial for
Graduate Students (7:40)
