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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College

Writing a Research Paper

Learning Objectives


This chapter discusses the six steps to writing a research paper:

  1. Selecting a topic
  2. Limiting the topic
  3. Gathering information on your topic
  4. Planning your paper and taking notes on your topic
  5. Writing the paper
  6. Using an acceptable format and method of documentation